Unit 4 part 1

Question 1

How many sets of salivary glands do we have?

Answer 1

3

Question 2

What are the 3 salivary glands?

Answer 2

Parotid
Submandibular
Sublingual

Question 3

Which salivary gland produces the BULK of our saliva?

Answer 3

submandibular

Question 4

The parotid salivary gland produces __% of our saliva?

Answer 4

20

Question 5

What duct does the parotid gland exit?

Answer 5

stenson’s (parotid) duct

Question 6

What duct does the submandibular gland exit?

Answer 6

Wharton’s (submandibular) duct

Question 7

The parotid gland sit on top of what muscle?

Answer 7

masseter

Question 8

What kind of fluid is produced by the parotid gland?

Answer 8

serous

Question 9

What kind of fluid is produced by the submandibular gland?

Answer 9

serous and mucous mix

Question 10

What kind of fluid is produced by the sublingual gland?

Answer 10

mucous

Question 11

Saliva has a _____ PH so it ______ the temperature of your mouth.

Answer 11

basic (7.0) ph

cools

Question 12

Saliva helps aid in _____ and ______ of food?

Answer 12

digestion

breakdown

Question 13

How does saliva help digest and breakdown food?

Answer 13

through salivary amalyse

Question 14

The first/primary role of saliva is to ______ food?

Answer 14

moisten

Question 15

Saliva can be anti-_______ and aid in ______ of tooth structures as well as help form a more protective _______?

Answer 15

bacterial
remineralization
pellicle

Question 16

Lichen Planus is associated with people who have a _______ mouth?

Answer 16

dry

Question 17

We have between _____ and ______ accessory salivary glands?

Answer 17

600-1,000

Question 18

What is the part of a salivary gland called that is the part just before it exits into the mouth?

Answer 18

excretory duct

Question 19

What salivary duct can change the PH and add minerals to the saliva before it exits into the mouth?

Answer 19

intercalated

Question 20

What type of cells line the inside of a salivary duct and push the fluid out into the mouth?

Answer 20

myepithelial cells

Question 21

What are the 4 areas we have accessory salivary glands in the mouth?

Answer 21

palate
under tongue
buccal mucosa
vestibules

Question 22

What is the term for a salivary stone?

Answer 22

Sialolith

Question 23

What is a general term for inflammation of the salivary glands?

Answer 23

sialadenitis

Question 24

Sialadenitis is caused by ________

Answer 24

infection (bacterial)

Question 25

What is an obstruction of the salivary gland by a salivary stone termed?

Answer 25

sialolithiasis

Question 26

Sialolithiasis is a category of a ________

Answer 26

sialadenitis

Question 27

What is the term for a sialadenitis where pus is being expressed from a salivary duct?

Answer 27

Suppurative Parotitis

Question 28

Autoimmune Sialadenitis can affect all salivary glands but mostly affects the ______?

Answer 28

parotid

Question 29

Autoimmune Sialadenitis is closely related to _________ __________ disease?

Answer 29

Sjogrens Syndrome

Question 30

Sjorgens Syndrome is characterized by dry _____ and _____ along with ______ arthritis and a bilateral enlargement of the _____ gland?

Answer 30

mouth eyes Rheumatoid Parotid

Question 31

Autoimmune Sialadenitis is frequently associated with ______ ______ and systemic _____ ______

Answer 31

Rheumatoid Arthritis | Lupus Erthematosus

Question 32

Mumps is another term for ______ ______

Answer 32

epidemic parotitis

Question 33

What is the tx. for epidemic parotitis (mumps)

Answer 33

nothing....let it run its course (2wks)

Question 34

What are 2 other names for a Mucocele?

Answer 34

Mucous retention cyst | Mucous Extravasation phenomenon

Question 35

What type of Mucocele is due to fibroblasts walling off the accessory salivary gland?

Answer 35

Mucous Extravasation Phenomenon

Question 36

What is the tx. for a Mucous Extravasation Phenomenon?

Answer 36

Remove the WHOLE salivary gland

Question 37

What is the most common area to get a Mucous Extravasation Phenomenon?

Answer 37

lower lip

Question 38

What is the difference between a mucous retention cyst and a mucous extravasation phenomenon?

Answer 38

retention cyst is caused by a sialolith

Question 39

Another name for a mucous retention cyst is?

Answer 39

obstructive sialadenitis | mucocele

Question 40

What does Ranula mean?

Answer 40

little frog

Question 41

A ranula is ______ in color and found ______ because it is associated with the ______ gland?

Answer 41

bluish under tongue sublingual

Question 42

The common every day term for ranulas and mucous extravasation phenomenon is?

Answer 42

mucocele

Question 43

How much saliva do we produce a day?

Answer 43

1,000ml/1liter

Question 44

What does sialorrhea mean?

Answer 44

excessive saliva

Question 45

How much saliva do you produce while you sleep?

Answer 45

10ml

Question 46

Anything with ______ coloring is a diuretic and will cause xerostomia?

Answer 46

caramel

Question 47

A person with xerostomia has a diminished ______ sensation?

Answer 47

taste