Lecture 11: Head & Neck Digestive Pathway (Exam 2) Flashcards
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Describe the lips
- Sensitive & mobile
- Used for selection & prehension of food
- Upper lip sensitivity is used when a twitch is applied (releases endorphins)
Describe the oral vestibule
- Communicates w/ the oral cavity by the diastema & the space caudal to the last molar
- Btw/ the teeth & lips (or cheek)
Define the palatoglossal arch
- Caudal boundary joins caudal end of the hard palate & the root of the tongue
Describe the hard palate
- Dorsal boundary
- Incisive, maxillary, & palatine bones covered w/ a thick mucosa w/ uneven palatine crests (3), enlarged palatine venous plexus (2), & incisive papilla (1)
What does it mean that the incisive papilla is blind
Phermones don’t enter through it just the nose
Describe the tongue
- Ventral boundary
- Same parts as carnivores
- Long spatulate in its apex w/ a narrow frenulum (1) w/ two ventral fleshy caruncle (2)
What kind of surface does filiform papillae give
Velvet like surface
T/F: Fungiform papillae are scarce
True
How many vallate papillae are found btw/ the body & the root of the tongue
2 big vallate papillae
Where are the foliate papillae found
Lateral in the root
What is a difference in the oropharynx in equine
- The soft palate is very elongated
- Large palatine tonsils w/ no covering
What are the boundaries of the oropharynx
- Soft palate - dorsal boundary
- Palatoglossal arch - rostral artery
Where are glossoepiglottic folds located
Btw/ the root of the tongue & the base of the epiglottis
What is located on each side of the glossoepiglottic folds & leads to the laryngopharynx (piriform recesses)
- Epiglottic vallecula
- Help prevent food from coming into the airway
Label the following:
What is a difference of the laryngopharynx in equine
Lacks the pharyngo-esophageal limen (fold)
What is the job of equine teeth
To cut, crush, & grind highly fibrous feed stuff
Define brachydont teeth
Very short teeth found in carnivores
What type of teeth do herbivores have (equine)
Hyposodont (long tooth)
What is the clinical crown
The part of the tooth you can see
What is the reserved grown
The part of the tooth inside the bone
How much wear occurs in equine teeth a year
2 - 3 mm per year
Label the following:
Describe cementum
- Covers surface of teeth
- Forms periodontal ligament
- Stains easily