Canine Taste Flashcards
What comprises the organs concerned with the reception, mechanical reduction, chemical digestion, and absorption of food and drink and with the elimination of unabsorbed residues?
digestive apparatus
What consists of the alimentary tract, extending from the mouth to the anus, and certain glands – the salivary glands, pancreas, and liver – that drain by ducts that open into the tract?
Digestive apparatus
The oral cavity is entered between what?
the lips and the palatoglossal arch (isthmus of the fauces)
The mouth designates not only the cavity and its walls but also what?
the accessory structures that project (teeth, tongue) and drain (salivary glands) into it
The upper lip is referred to as?
superior lip
The lower lip is referred to as?
inferior lip
What is the slit in the superior lip that runs up into the midline of the nose known as?
philtrum
What is the piece of skin holding the superior lip to the upper gum line?
frenulum of superior lip
What is the piece of skin holding the inferior lip to the lower gum line?
frenulum of inferior lip
What vestibule lies between the lips and the gum line/teeth?
labial vestibule
What vestibule lies between the cheek and the teeth?
buccal vestibule
What is the principal support of the cheeks?
buccinator muscle
What is the function of the buccinator muscle?
returning any food that has escaped into the vestibule to the central cavity
What muscles form the floor of the oral cavity?
- geniohyoideus muscle
- mylohyoideus muscle
What is formed of incisive, maxillary, and palatine bone?
hard palate
What are the grooves of the upper jaw called?
palatine ridges
What is the bump directly behind the upper incisors called?
incisive papilla
What two terms can be used to describe canine teeth?
- heterodont
- diphyodont
What is the term used for the presence of different teeth (incisive, canine, premolar, and molar)?
heterodont
What term is used for the successive development of deciduous and permenent set of teeth?
diphyodont
What is the fibrous joint between the root of a tooth and the alveolus by the periodontal ligament?
gomphosis
What part of the tooth is encased in cement?
root
What part of the tooth is encased in enamel?
crown
What is the dog formula of the temporary (milk or deciduous) dentition?
2 (I 3/3, C 1/1, P 3/3) = 28
I = incisors
C = canines
p = premolars