ORAL CAVITY, PALATE, PHARYNX Flashcards
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bounded by lips and cheeks externally and teeth and dums internally and receives opening of parotid duct at the parotid papilla opposite second maxillary molar
oral vestibule
Oral cavity proper
- Bounded by
- anterior and lateral : teeth and gums
- Roof: formed by the palate,
- floor: tongue and the mucosa
- supported by the geniohyoid and mylohyoid muscles
- Communicates posteriorly with the oropharynx
forms the roof of the mouth and the floor of the nasal cavity
Palate
anterior 4/5 of the palate and forms a bony framework covered with a mucous membrane between the nasal and oral cavities
Consists of the palatine processes of the maxillae and horizontal plates of the palatine bones
Hard Palate
- contains the incisive foramen
- greatear and lesser foramina posteriorly
fibromuscular fold extending from the posterio border of the hard palate and makes up 1/5 of the palate
Continuous with the palatoglossal and palatopharyngeal folds
Soft palate
- Receives blood from the greater and lesser palatine arteries
- Receives innervation
- lesser palatine nerves and receives skeletal motor innervation from the vagus nerve.
The tongue is dividied by a v-shaped _______ into two parts
Sulcus terminalis
Muscles of the Palate

the _____ is located at the apex of tghe “V” and indicates the site of origin of the embryonic thyroglossal duct
Foramen cecum
Abnormal shortness of frenulum linguae resulting in limitation of its movement and thus a severe speech impediment.
Tongue-tie (Ankyloglossia)
Are small, nipple-shaped projections on the anterior 2/3 of the dorsum of the tongue
Lingual Papillae
The lingual Papillae ate divided into
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Vallate
- “V” in front of sulcus terminalis
- numerous taste buds and are innervated by the glossophrayngeal nerve
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Fungiform
- Mushroo,-shaped projections with red head and are scattered in the sides and apex
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Filiform
- Numerous, slender, conical projections that are arranged in rows parallel to the sulcus terminalis
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Foliate
- found in certain animals but are rudimentary in human
Collection of nodular masses of lymphoid follicles on the posterior 1/3 of the dorsum of the tongue
Lingual tonsil
The extrinsic and intrinsic muscles of the tongue are innervated by the _________ except for the palatoglossus which is innervated by the vagus nerve
hypoglossal nerve
The anterior 2/3 of the tongue receives general sensory innervation from the ______ and taste sensation from the _______
Lingual nerve
Chorda tympani
The posterior 1/3 of the tongue and the vallate papillae receive both general and taste innervation from the ________
Glossopharyngeal nerve
The epiglottic region of the tongue and the epiglottis receive both general and taste innervation from the ________ of the vagus nerve
Internal laryngeal branch
Lingual Artery
- Arises from the External Carotid Artery at the level of the tip of the greater horn of the hyoid bone in the carotid triangle
- Passes depp to the hyoglossus and lies on the middle pharyngeal constrictor muscle
- Gives rise to the
- suprahyoid
- dorsal lingual
- sublingual
- Terminates as the deep lingual artery
Hardest substance that covers the crown
Ename
Hard substance that is nurtured through the fine dental tubules of odontoblasts lining the central space
Dentin
Fills the central cavity, which is continuous with the root canal.
Pulp
Muscles of the tongue

Projects above the gingival surface and is covered by enamel
Crown
The constricted area at the junction of the crown and root
Neck
Embedded in the alveolar part of the maxilla or mandible, is covered with cement, which is connected to the bone of the alveolus by a layer of modified periosteum, the periodontal ligament.
Root
