A&P of orofacial structures and the VP Flashcards
What anatomy is included in the nose and nasal cavity
- nasal root
- nasal bridge
- nasal tip
- columella
- naris
- ala nasi
- septum (vomerbones, perpendicular plate of ethmoid, quadrangular cartilage)
- turbinates/concha
- choana
What anatomy is included in the upper lip
- philtrum
- philtral ridges
- cupid’s bow
- vermilion
- tubercle
what anatomy is included in the oral cavity
- hard palate
- velum
- tongue
- alveolar ridge
- faucial pillars
- (palatine) tonsils
- lingual tonsils
- oropharyngeal isthmus
what anatomy is included in the hard palate/ palatal vault
- alvelor ridge/alveolus
- mucoperiosteum
- rugae
- incisive papilla
- palatine raphe
- foveae palati
- premaxilla
- maxilla
- palatine bone
what is a foramen
a hole or opening in bone
what anatomy is included in the uvula
- mucosa
- glandilar tissue
- adipose
- vascular
what is the function of the uvula
none
what anatomy is included in the pharynx
- oropharynx
- nasopharynx
- hypopharynx
what is the function of the eustachian tube
it connects the middle ear with the pharynx
what anatomy is included in the velum
- oral surface (median palatine raphe)
- nasal surface
- anterior portion (tensor tendon, glandular tissue, adipose, palatine/velar aponeurosis)
what are the muscles of the VP
- levator veli palatini
- superior pharyngeal constrictor
- palatopharyngeus
- musculus uvulae
- tensor veli palatini
what does the elevator veil palatini do
velar elevation “sling”
what does the superior pharyngeal constrictor do
constricts pharyngeal walls to narrow vp against
what does the palatopharyngeus do
narrows pharynx
what does the muscles uvulae do
“bulges” for seal on nasal surface