DIGESTIVE LIPS, TONGUE, HARD PALATE

Question 1

What animal has a pendulous upper lip that presses on the lower one?

Answer 1

Dog

Question 2

What structure in dogs is generally loose and creates a large vestibule, useful for administering liquid medicines?

Answer 2

Lips

Question 3

What structure is present on the upper lip of the dog?

Answer 3

Philtrum

Question 4

What animal has less mobile and reduced lips?

Answer 4

Cat

Question 5

Lips are less mobile.
Their Upper lip Blends with the nose to form the nasolabial plate (muzzle).

Nasolabial plate: Moist and glandular

What animal?

Answer 5

Cattle

Question 6

Lips: Soft and flexible, aid in prehension (picking up food).

Upper lip: Deep midline philtrum (groove).

What animal?

Answer 6

Sheep (Ovine)

Question 7

Mobility: Highly mobile upper lip.

Used for collecting food and introducing it into the mouth.

Sensitivity: Lips are very sensitive

What animal?

Answer 7

Horse (Equine)

Question 8

Mobility: Lips are less mobile
Upper lip: Blends with the nose to form a rostrum (snout).

What animal?

Answer 8

Pig (Porcine)

Question 9

In pigs, what structure is formed when the upper lip blends with the nose?

Answer 9

Rostrum (snout)

Question 10

What bone is found in the snout of pigs?

Answer 10

Os rostrale

Question 11

What animal lacks lips?

Answer 11

🐦 Bird

Question 12

In birds, what structure replaces lips for prehension and contributes to aerodynamics?

🐦

Answer 12

The beak

Question 13

The bird’s beak is a modification of what structure?

Answer 13

The jaw

Question 14

What structure in birds acts as a sense organ via touch papillae in keratinised tissue and lamellae?

🐦

Answer 14

Bill tip organ

Question 15

What are the touch-sensitive structures embedded in the beak of birds?

Answer 15

Sensory corpuscles (touch papillae)

Question 16

What type of beak do gallinaceous birds have?

Answer 16

Pointed beak

Question 17

What type of beak do Anseriformes have, and what is it adapted for?

Answer 17

Flattened, spoon-shaped beak; adapted for straining water for food

Question 18

What animal has a deep midline philtrum on the upper lip?

Answer 18

🐑 Sheep (Ovine)

Question 19

In what animal is the hard palate widest at the level of the 4th cheek tooth?

Answer 19

Dog 🐶

Question 20

In the dog, what structure is usually replaced by a ridge on the hard palate?

Answer 20

Median raphé

Question 21

In ruminants, what structure is formed by the cranial portion of the hard palate?

Answer 21

🐄 Dental pad

Question 22

What animal has rugae that extend only two-thirds of the palate’s length?

Answer 22

Ruminant 🐄

Question 23

In ruminants, how are the rugae characterized (except the last few)

Answer 23

Serrated on their free borders

Question 24

Cranial portion: Forms the prominent dental pad.

Rugae: Extend only two-thirds of the palate’s length.

All except the last few rugae are serrated on their free borders.

What animal and what digestive structure is being asked?

Answer 24

Ruminant;
Hard Palate

Question 25

**Rugae: Not serrated.** Naso-palatine ducts: Openings form a prominent **(V) shape** on either side of the central incisive papilla.

Answer 25

Sheep (*Ovine)*

Question 26

In what animal is the **hard palate divided into two equal portions** by the median raphe?

Answer 26

Horse

Question 27

What animal has **palatine rugae that extend the entire length of the hard palate**?

Answer 27

Horse 🐴

Question 28

What animal has a **hard palate that is long and narrow with equal width** throughout?

Answer 28

🐷 Pig (*Porcine*)

Question 29

Rugae and median raphé: Both are well marked. **Incisive papilla**: Prominent anteriorly.

Answer 29

Pig (*Porcine)*

Question 30

Soft palate: Absent What animal?

Answer 30

Manok (Avian) 🐔

Question 31

Shape: Wide, thin, and mobile. Dorsum: Marked by a median groove. Root: Has long, backward-pointing papillae. Ventral tip: Contains a cord of fibrous tissue called the Lyssa. | **What animal and what structure is being asked?**

Answer 31

Dog Tongue

Question 32

What fibrous tissue structure is found on the inferior part of the dog's tongue tip?

Answer 32

Lyssa

Question 33

What is the Lyssa, and where is it located?

Answer 33

A **cord** of fibrous tissue found on the **ventral tip of the dog's** **tongue**

Question 34

**Posterior dorsum**: Has a prominent **bulge known as the torus linguae.** **Division**: The torus is separated from the anterior part by a transverse depression, **the transverse lingual fossa.** Papillae: Papillae on the torus are distinct and called **conical papillae.** | *What animal?*

Answer 34

Cattle (*Bovine*)

Question 35

What is the torus linguae, and what animal has it?

Answer 35

A prominent bulge on the posterior dorsum of the tongue in cattle

Question 36

What structure forms the prominent bulge on the posterior half of the bovine tongue dorsum? | 🐄

Answer 36

Torus linguae

Question 37

What type of papillae are found on the torus linguae in cattle?

Answer 37

Conical papillae

Question 38

What structure marks the boundary between the anterior and posterior parts of the bovine tongue? | 🐄

Answer 38

Transverse lingual fossa

Question 39

* What animal has a tongue similar to the bovine **but with a more blunt tip?** * In what animal is the **posterior prominence of the tongue less marked** than in cattle?

Answer 39

🐑 Sheep (Ovine)

Question 40

What animal **lacks conical papillae but has numerous filiform papillae** at the tongue tip?

Answer 40

Sheep 🐑

Question 41

What **type of papillae are numerous at the tip of the sheep's tongue**, and how are they characterized?

Answer 41

Filiform papillae; less keratinized

Question 42

1. What animal **has a spatula-shaped tongue?** 1. What animal has **two distinct vallate papillae on the posterior part of the dorsum**, flanking the midline?

Answer 42

🐴 Horse (*Equine*)

Question 43

Shape: Narrow and pointed with a thin apex. Root: Has long, backward-pointing papillae. | **What animal?** (Tongue structure ito)

Answer 43

🐷 Pig (Porcine)

Question 44

Mucous membrane: Very thick and highly cornified. Papillae: Covered in conical papillae. | **What animal?** (Tongue structure ito)

Answer 44

🐱 Cat (Feline)

Question 45

Musculature: **Absent.** Structure: Tongue contains an **entoglossal bone.** Covering: Bone is covered with a thick, cornified mucous membrane. | **What animal?** (Tongue structure ito)

Answer 45

🐔 Chicken (Avian)

Question 46

What animal has a narrow, pointed tongue with a thin apex?

Answer 46

🐷 Pig (Porcine)

Question 47

What animal has a very thick and highly cornified mucous membrane on the tongue?

Answer 47

🐱 Cat (Feline)

Question 48

What type of papillae cover the tongue of a cat?

Answer 48

Conical papillae

Question 49

What animal lacks musculature in the tongue?

Answer 49

🐔 Chicken (Avian)