ORAL MUCOUS MEMBRANE- A QUICK TOUR

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Across
  1. 2. are referred to as clear cells or dendritic cells
  2. 5. _____form the cytoskeleton of all epithelial cells, along with microfilaments and microfibrils
  3. 6. The gingiva is also immovably and firmly attached to the periosteum of the alveolar bone and this arrangement is known as _____
  4. 12. The process of shedding of surface epithelial cells is called____
  5. 14. Posterior one third of tongue is supplied by ____nerve
  6. 15. keratinization in a normally nonkeratinized tissue
  7. 16. depressed part of the interdental papilla
  8. 20. The process of cell migration from the basal layer to the surface is called _____
  9. 22. the cells retain pyknotic and condensed nuclei and other partially lysed cell organelles until they desquamate
Down
  1. 1. Extends from the cervical cementum into the lamina propria of the gingiva
  2. 3. The lamina lucida has been shown to contain ___
  3. 4. characteristic of gingiva
  4. 7. Krause end bulbs are specialized receptors for ___
  5. 8. The _____ zone of lamina propria may be absent in alveolar mucosa
  6. 9. basement membrane consists of ____
  7. 10. The spinous (prickle) cells resemble a____
  8. 11. melanin-producing cells contain___
  9. 13. fibers arise from the alveolar crest and extend into the lamina propria
  10. 17. a dead cell filled with densely packed protein contained within a toughened cell membrane
  11. 18. a small organelle also known as _____ forms in the upper spinous and granular cell layers
  12. 19. _______ is an example of masticatory mucosa
  13. 21. The lateral borders of adjacent basal cells are closely apposed and connected by___