CHAPTER 10 - Landmarks of the face and oral cavity

Question 1

Ala of the nose

Answer 1

winglike tip on the outer side of each nostril

Question 2

philtrum

Answer 2

rectangular area between the two ridges running from under the nose to the midline of the lip

Question 3

tragus

Answer 3

cartilaginous projection on the external opening of ear

Question 4

root

Answer 4

bridge of the nose

Question 5

anterior naris

Answer 5

nostril

Question 6

mental protuberance

Answer 6

chin

Question 7

angle of the mandible

Answer 7

lower posterior of the ramus

Question 8

zygomatic arch

Answer 8

prominence of the cheek

Question 9

lips are medically called what

Answer 9

labia

Question 10

vermillion border

Answer 10

darker border of color around the lips

Question 11

labial comissure

Answer 11

corner of the mouth where upper and lower lips join

Question 12

nasolabial sulcus

Answer 12

(smile lines) groove that extends upward between labial of commissure and nasal ala

Question 13

changes in the vermillion border may be caused by what?

Answer 13

cancer

Question 14

angular cheilosis

Answer 14

inflammation or cracking at the corners of mouth

caused by vitamin b12 deficiency

Question 15

the oral cavity is lined by what?

Answer 15

mucus membrane tissue

Question 16

How many areas does the oral cavity have?

Answer 16

two

Question 17

what are the two areas of the oral cavity?

Answer 17

vestibule

oral cavity proper

Question 18

where is the vestibule?

Answer 18

space between teeth and inner mucosal lining of lips and cheeks (space between lips and cheeks)

Question 19

where is the oral cavity proper?

Answer 19

space on the tongue side within the upper and lower dental arches (space in the middle between tongue and soft palate)

Question 20

mucobuccal fold

Answer 20

The base of each vestibule, where the buccal mucosa meets the alveolar mucosa

(where the bone and the cheek come together.)

Question 21

linea alba

Answer 21

white ridge of raised tissue that extends horizontally where the maxillary and mandibular teeth come together

Question 22

frenum

Answer 22

narrow band of tissue that connects two structures

Question 23

the lip and gingiva is connected by what?

Answer 23

labial frenulum

Question 24

buccal frenulum

Answer 24

connects the cheeks

Question 25

labial frenulum

Answer 25

connects the lips

Question 26

lingual frenulum

Answer 26

connects the tongue to the floor of the mouth

Question 27

surfaces of the attached gingiva and interdental papillae are presented in what texture?

Answer 27

stippled and resemble the rind of an orange.

Question 28

free gingiva

Answer 28

the gums closest to the teeth (tissues from the top of the gingival margin to the base of the gingival sulcus)

Question 29

attached gingiva

Answer 29

the gums above the free gingiva that is attached in and firm in place

Question 30

what is the gingiva between the teeth called?

Answer 30

interdental gingiva

Question 31

what color gingiva is NOT healthy?

Answer 31

purple

Question 32

what is sulcus?

Answer 32

space/pocket between the tooth and the free gingiva | 3 mm in space is healthy

Question 33

what is interdental gingiva?

Answer 33

gingiva between the teeth that fills the interproximal embrasure the triangle space covered by gingiva

Question 34

what are oral surfaces covered by?

Answer 34

oral mucosa

Question 35

where is the incisive papilla?

Answer 35

behind the maxillary central incisors. | a pear shaped pad of tissue that covers the incisive foramen

Question 36

what is palatal rugae?

Answer 36

irregular ridges or folds of the masticatory maxillary mucosa

Question 37

what is the soft palate?

Answer 37

moveable posterior third of the palate

Question 38

what is fauces?

Answer 38

holds the soft palate together

Question 39

strongest muscle in the body and the most versatile organ

Answer 39

tongue

Question 40

functions of the tongue

Answer 40

positions the food while eating speaking tasting and tactile sensations cleansing the oral cavity

Question 41

where is the gag reflex?

Answer 41

membranes of soft palate, fauces and posterior portion of the tongue

Question 42

where are tastebuds located?

Answer 42

located in the fungiform papillae and inside the large vallate papillae

Question 43

where is the vallate papillae

Answer 43

posterior dorsum of the tongue where it forms a v shape row.