oral cavity (visual inspection/palate)

Question 1

roof of OC

Answer 1

hard and soft palate

Question 2

floor of OC

Answer 2

• muscular diaphragm (mylohyoid mm)
• geniohyoid mm
• tongue

Question 3

lateral walls of OC

Answer 3

cheeks (merge with lips anteriorly)

Question 4

anterior opening of OC

Answer 4

oral fissure

Question 5

posterior opening of OC

Answer 5

oropharyngeal isthmus (opens into oral part of pharynx)

Question 6

two regions of OC

Answer 6

oral vestibule (outer) and oral cavity proper (inner)

Question 7

oral vestibule

Answer 7

• space between teeth/gingiva and cheeks/lips

- open and close by mm of facial expression

Question 8

oral cavity proper

Answer 8

• inner aspect of dental arches

- fully occupied by tongue when mouth is closed

Question 9

cheeks consist of

Answer 9

• buccinator m

- fascia between the skin and oral mucosa

Question 10

muscular diaphragm is made of

Answer 10

paired mylohyoid mm

-fills gap between L and R sides of mandibular body

Question 11

geniohyoid mm are ___ relative to mylohyoid mm

Answer 11

above

Question 12

tongue is ___ to the geniohyoid m

Answer 12

superior

Question 13

structural processes of the maxilla

Answer 13

alveolar and palatine processes

Question 14

what foramen is found on maxilla

Answer 14

incisive foramen

Question 15

what passes through incisive foramen

Answer 15

nasopalatine n and vessels

Question 16

two features / processes on palatine bone

Answer 16

horizonatal plate and pyramidal process

Question 17

4 important features on palatine bone

Answer 17

1. posterior nasal spine
2. greater palatine foramen
3. lesser palatine foramen
4. pyramidal process

Question 18

posterior nasal spine is associated with attachment of what

Answer 18

soft palate

Question 19

where is greater palatine foramen found

Answer 19

distal to 2nd molar

Question 20

pyramidal process is found between

Answer 20

inferior ends of pterygoid plates

Question 21

genioglossus mm attach to

Answer 21

superior mental spines

Question 22

geniohyoid mm attach to

Answer 22

inferior mental spines

Question 23

pterygomandibular raphe (ligament) attaches to

Answer 23

retromandibular triangle and hamulus

Question 24

what passes through mandibular foramen

Answer 24

inferior alveolar n and vessels

Question 25

important features of sphenoid bone

Answer 25

- pterygoid process and spine - haulus - scaphoid fossa - spine

Question 26

hamulus acts as a pulley for

Answer 26

tensor veli palatini m

Question 27

tensor veli palatini m origin

Answer 27

scaphoid fossa and spine of sphenoid bone | cartilagenous part of PT tube

Question 28

important features of temporal bone

Answer 28

styloid process and inferior aspect of petrous part

Question 29

styloid process is the attachment for

Answer 29

styloglossus m of tongue

Question 30

inferior aspect of petrous part is a roughening for the attachment of

Answer 30

levator veli palatini m

Question 31

skin above mouth

Answer 31

philtrum

Question 32

partition between nostrils

Answer 32

columella

Question 33

outline of lip

Answer 33

vermillion border

Question 34

surface of lip

Answer 34

red transitional zone (vermillion)

Question 35

part where lips meet

Answer 35

oral fissure

Question 36

folds around mouth

Answer 36

nasolabial fold (groove)

Question 37

groove near chin

Answer 37

labiomental groove

Question 38

lips are separated from cheeks by

Answer 38

nasolabial fold

Question 39

vermillion border marks the beginning of the

Answer 39

red transitional zone

Question 40

bulk of the tongue is made up of what m

Answer 40

genioglossus m

Question 41

major muscle of the lips

Answer 41

orbicularis oris

Question 42

major gland of the lips

Answer 42

labial mucous glands

Question 43

mucous membrane of lips

Answer 43

intraoral vestibular portion

Question 44

junction between alveolar mucosa and lip/cheek mucosa

Answer 44

vestibular or mucobuccal fold

Question 45

border between gingiva and alveolar mucosa

Answer 45

mucogingival junction

Question 46

thick free-edged folds of mucous membrane

Answer 46

labial frenula (singular: frenum or frenulum)

Question 47

parotid papilla location

Answer 47

opposite to upper 2nd M

Question 48

parotid papilla opening into vestibule

Answer 48

orifice of parotid duct (Stensen's duct orifice)

Question 49

palatine torus

Answer 49

bone growth on hard palate

Question 50

mandibular torus

Answer 50

bone growth on lingual aspect of mandible (area of PM and M)

Question 51

elevation just posterior to upper centrals

Answer 51

incisive papilla

Question 52

raised ridges radiating laterally starting posterior to incisive papilla

Answer 52

palatal rugae

Question 53

function of palatal rugae

Answer 53

help in manipulating food during mastication

Question 54

palatal raphe location

Answer 54

midline

Question 55

movable posterior 1/3 of palate

Answer 55

soft palate

Question 56

midline pendulous projection ( posterior end)

Answer 56

uvula

Question 57

two arches posteriorly in soft palate

Answer 57

palatoglossal arch | palatopharyngeal arch

Question 58

palatoglossal arch

Answer 58

- anterior | - from soft palate to lateral aspect of tongue

Question 59

palatopharyngeal arch

Answer 59

free posterior border of soft palate | -blends with lateral wall of pharynx

Question 60

round masses of lymphoid tissue between both arches

Answer 60

palatine tonsils

Question 61

5 mm of soft palate

Answer 61

- tensor veli palatini - levator veli palatini - palatopharyngeus - palatoglossus - uvular mm

Question 62

veins of the palate drain into

Answer 62

pterygoid plexus of veins in IT fossa

Question 63

sensory nerve supply

Answer 63

max nerve

Question 64

palate: parasymp (for glands) and taste (for soft palate) come from

Answer 64

fibers from greater petrosal n

Question 65

symp nerve supply (for blood vessels) in palate

Answer 65

fibers from deep petrosal n join sensory nn in PP fossa

Question 66

nerve supply to palate

Answer 66

- nasopalatine n - greater palatine n - lesser palatine n

Question 67

nasopalatine n supplies

Answer 67

palatal gingiva and mucosa anterior to (and including) C | -nasal branch: nasal septum

Question 68

greater palatine n supplies

Answer 68

palatal gingiva and mucosa posterior to C

Question 69

lesser palatine n supplies

Answer 69

mucosa of soft palate