Week 3 Flashcards
The palate seperates the ……. & ……. cavities
oral & nasal
Name the 2 parts of the palate
Hard palate (comprised of bone & non-mobile)
Soft palate (soft tissue including muscle - mobile)
The palate is also known as the …
roof of the mouth
Identify the hard & soft palate
Identify the Palatine Rugae = (fold or wrinkle)
Idetify the Incisive papilla overlying incisive fossa
Identify the Palatine raphe
The hard palate continues posteriorly into the ……. palate
soft
Identify the Uvula (pear shaped projection) and Soft palate
Identify the Tensor (tighten) veli palitini
Origin: sphenoid bone
Function: Tense the soft palate for swallowing or yawning
Identify the Levator (lifts something) veli Palatini
Origin: part of the temporal bone
Function: elevates the soft palate above the neutral position
If you say ah and the muscle on each side is functioning normally the palate elevates evenly
Identify the Palatopharyngeus muscle
origin: superior surface of the palatine
Function: depress the soft palate & elevate the pharynx (throat)
Idenitify the Palatoglossus muscle
Origin: inferior surface of the palatine
At the lateral margine of the tongue
Function: depress the palate & elevate back of tongue
Identify the Musculus Uvulae
Connective tissue of the uvula
Function: elevates and retracts uvula
thickens the central region of soft palate
Close the pharngeal isthmus
Explain the Oral Vestibule
space external to the teeth and gums and between the cheeks
Explain the Oral Cavity proper
Superior: Hard palate & soft palate
Inferior: Tounge
Anterior & Lateral: teeth and alveolar arches
Posterior: palatoglossal (behind Uvula & look like Big M)
Identify this feature of the oral vestibule
Labial Frenula (attach the lips to the gum between upper and lower two front teeth)
Identify this feature fo the oral vestibule
Superior Labial Frenula
Identify the Palatoglossal (mouth/palate + tounge) arch
Anterior to Uvule > mouth + tounge arch
Identify the Palatopharnyngeal (mouth/palate +throat) arch
Posterior the Uvula > mouth + throat arch
Identify the Palatine tonsil
Palate = mouth > ‘mouth tonsil’ that sits inbetween the palatoglossal and the palatopharnygeal arches.
What is this image showing?
Posterior wall of pharnyx
What is this image of
Ithmus of fauces (inbetween the arches & includes the tonsils) It is the narrowing of the throat
Identify this muscle and function
Muscle of Uvulae - elveatve the soft palate