C1 - Oral cavity and its features Flashcards
Oral cavity
Structures to mention in the oral cavity
- Vestibulum oris (Space between the teeth and lips and cheeks)
- Rima oris (Slit between lips, mouth opening)
- Labia oris (Lips)
- Labium suerius/maxillare (Upper lip)
- Philtrum (Median groove from the nasal septum to the upper lip)
- Labium inferius/mandibulare (Lower lip)
- Angulus oris
- Bucca (Cheek)
- Cavum oris proprium (Cavity enclosed by the teeth and limited caudally by the arcus palatoglossus)
- Palatum durum (Hard palate, supported by bone)
- Palatum molle [Velum palatinum] (Soft palate, caudal part of the palate)
- Raphe palati (Median line of junction of the halves of the palate)
- Recessus sublingualis lateralis (Space under the tongue, between the frenulum linguae and the mandible)
- Gingiva (Gum, mucous membrane attached to the teeth and alveolar bone)
- Caruncula sublingualis (Flattened projection rostrolateral to the frenulum linguae, ductus mandibularis and ductus sublingualis major opens there)
- Plica sublingualis (Fold of mucous membrane on the floor of the mouth lateral to the frenulum linguae, ends in carucula sublingualis)
- Papilla parotidea (Small elevation of the buccal mucosa at the orifice of the ductus partoideus opposite the upper fourth premolar)
- Papilla zygomatica (ca) (Short fold of buccal mucosa extending caudally form the papilla partoidea and bearing the orifices of the ductus glandulae zygomaticae opposite the upper molars)
- Rugae palatinae (Transvers ridges of the mucosa on the hard palate)
- Pulvinus dentalis (Dental pad)
- Papilla incisiva (Elevation of mucous membrane at the rostral end of the raphe palati)
- Plica pterygomandibularis (Dorsoventral fold of mucous membrane between the palate and the mandible behind the last molars)
Oral cavity
Interspecies differences
- Papilla zygomatica (ca)
- Gl. buccalis medius (ru)
- Gl. buccalis dorsalis:
- Car: medial to arcus zygomaticus, called gl. zygomaticus
- Fossa tonsillaris (car)
- Eq: hard palate contains venous plexus
Oral cavity
Give the osseus support of the oral cavity
- Os palatina (lamina horizontalis)
- Os incisiva
- Os maxilla (palatine & processus alveolaris)
- Mandibula
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Give the borders of the oral cavity
- Rostral: lips
- Lateral: cheeks
- Roof: hard palate
- Ventral: tongue
- Floor: suprahyal muscles
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Cavum oris proprium
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Vestibulum and cavum oris proprium communicate via:
- Interdental space (diastema: space between incisors and cheek teeth)
- Space behind the last molars
- Enclosed by the teeth
- Caudal border: arcus palatoglossus
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Labia oris
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Upper lip
- Ca, su: smaller
- Eq, ru: presents the chin
- Lower lip
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Labial glands:
- In submucosa
- Well developed near angulus oris
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Philtrum
- Median cleft from septum nasi → upper lip
- Car, small ru: divides the upper lip

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Rima oris
- Oral cleft = rima oris
- Entrance to the oral cavity
- Bounded by the edges of the upper and lower lips
- Unite on each side at the angulus oris

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- Cheeks (buccae)
- Buccal glands
- Forms the lateral wall of the vestibulum
- Attached to margo alveolaris of the mandible and maxilla in the region of the cheek teeth
- Its caudal portion contains m. masseter
Buccal glands:
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Gl. buccalis dorsalis
- Car: medial to arcus zygomaticus, called gl. zygomaticus
- Gl. buccalis ventralis
- Gl. buccalis medius (ru)
- Their ducts opens into vestibulum oris
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Gums (gingivae)
- Part of the oral mucosa
- United to the periosteum of the procussus alveolaris of the jaws
- Encircle the necks of the teeth - margo gingivalis
- Papilla gingivalis (interdentalis): mucosal elevation between the teeth
- Sulcus gingivalis: groove between gingiva and tooth
Gums in ruminants:
- Gums are modified
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Pulvinus dentalis:
- Dental pad
- Formed by gum
- Takes the place of the upper incisors (in ru: takes place of the missing incisors)

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Hard palate
- Roof of the oral cavity proper
- Bounded laterally and rostrally by the upper dental arch
- Eq: its mucosa contains venous plexus
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Ruga palatinae:
- On either side of raphe palatini
- Ru: the crests of the ridges are studded by cornified papillae
- Number of palatine ridges in different species:
- Ca: 6-10 pairs
- Su: 20-23 pairs
- Ox: 15-20 pairs
- Eq: 16-18 pairs
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Papilla incisiva:
- Elevation of mucous membrane at the rostral end of the raphe palatini
- Found behind:
- Upper incisors
- Dental pad
- Conceals the orifices of ductus incisivi
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Draw a cross section of hard palate

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Draw the maxillary part of the oral cavity

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Soft palate (palatum molle)
- Su: rudimentary uvula
- Muscles of the soft palate:
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M. palatinus
- O: free border of os palatinus
- I: caudal border of soft palate
- A: shortens the soft palate
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M. tensor veli palatini
- O: proc. muscularis of pars tympanica of os temporale
- I: aponeurosis of soft palate
- A: Tenses, straightens the rostral part of the soft palate
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M. levator veli palatini
- O: proc. muscularis of pars tympanica of os temporale
- I: soft palate
- A: raises the soft palate toward the basis cranii
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M. palatinus
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Arcus palatoglossus:
- Mucosal pillars
- Connect the soft palate with the radix linguae
- Forms the lateral boundaries of the isthmus faucium
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Arcus palatopharygeus:
- Mucosal pillars
- Connect the soft palate with the lateral wall of pharynx
- Contain lymphoid tissue
- Contain glandulae palatini
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Fossa tonsillaris
- Car
- Between arcus palatoglossus → arcus palatopharyngeus
- Houses palatine tonsile
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Give the blood supply of the oral cavity
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A. maxillaris
- A. palatina minor
- A. palatina major
- A. alveolaris inferior
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A. lingualis (ca, sus: ex a. carotis externa, eq, ru: ex tr. linguofacialis)
- A. sublingualis (eq, ca: ex. a. submentalis, ru, sus: ex. a. lingualis)
- A. palatina ascendens (eq: ex tr. linguofascialis, ca, sus: ex a. lingualis, ru: ex a. occipitalis)
- A. pharyngea ascendens (eq: ex a. thyroidea cranialis, ca: ex a. carotis externa, ru: ex a. carotis communis)
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A. facialis (eq, ru: ex tr. linguofascialis, ca, sus: ex a. carotis externa)
- A. labialis inferior (sus: ex. a. buccalis)
- A. labialis superior (sus: ex. a. buccalis)
- A. angularis oris (ca: ex a. facialis, eq: ex a. labialis inferior, ru: ex a. labialis superior)
Forenklet:
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A. maxillaris
- A. palatina minor (→ soft palate?)
- A. palatina major (→ hard palate?)
- A. alveolaris inferior
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A. lingualis
- A. sublingualis (ex. a. submentalis)
- A. palatina ascendens (ex a. lingualis) (→ tonsilla palatina)
- A. pharyngea ascendens (ca: ex a. carotis externa, eq: ex a. thyroidea cranialis)
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A. fascialis
- A. labialis inferior
- A. labialis superior
- A. angularis oris
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Draw the general features of the entire oral cavity

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Draw cross section of isthmus faucium

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Draw the mandibular part of the oral cavity

Name the oral glands
- Gll. labialis (Glands of the lips)
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Gll. buccales (Glands of the cheeks. Opens into vestibulum oris)
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Gl. buccales dorsales
- Car: Gl. zygomatica (major salivary gland, medial to os zygomaticum)
- Gl. buccales ventrales
- Gl. buccales medi (ru)
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Gl. buccales dorsales
- Gll. palatinae (Palatine glands on the oropharyngeal side of the soft palate)
- Gll. linguales (Lingual glands, mainly on root and margins of the tongue)
- Gll. gustatoriae (Taste glands, whose ducts discharge into the groove of a papilla vallata)