Oral Cavity

Question 1

What does the oral cavity contain

Answer 1

lips, palate, teeth, tongue, salivary glands

Question 2

What kind of epithelium is outside the lip

Answer 2

stratified squamous keratinized with hairs and sebaceous glands

Question 3

What kind of epithelium is inside the lip

Answer 3

stratified squamous

Question 4

In what animals can the inside of lip be keratinized

Answer 4

in ruminants and horse depending on the type of food

Question 5

Musucularis mucosa is absent or present in oral cavity

Answer 5

absent

Question 6

Where in the oral cavity is the epithelium modified to form conical papillae in ruminants

Answer 6

cheek

Question 7

What kind of epithelium is on the hard palate

Answer 7

stratified squamous keratinized , very thick in ruminants and forms dental pad rostrally

Question 8

What kind of epithelium is on the soft palate

Answer 8

oral side: stratified squamous

nasal side: pseudo stratified ciliated w/ goblet cells

Question 9

Dental Pad

Answer 9

• in ruminants
• thick epithelium and Fatty CT
• Function: in “grazing”, lower teeth press against pad