Chapter 7

Question 1

Area of tongue nearest to teeth

Answer 1

Tip

Question 2

Area of tongue just below alveolar ridge

Answer 2

Blade

Question 3

Area of tongue beneath soft palate

Answer 3

Root

Question 4

Area of tongue in front of epiglottis

Answer 4

Base

Question 5

The tongue is also called a _____ _____

Answer 5

Muscular hydrostat

Question 6

How big is the tongue?

Answer 6

Size of your fist

Question 7

What is the posterior attachment for the tongue?

Answer 7

hyoid, epiglottis, soft palate, pharynx

Question 8

What are the free margins of the tongue?

Answer 8

Anterior, lateral, dorsal (superior)

Question 9

thin layer just beneath mucous membrane of dorsum 
(superior); oblique and longitudinal fibers

Answer 9

Superior longitudinal muscle

Question 10

most inferior of intrinsics, under-surface of tongue,

rather lateral

Answer 10

Inferior longitudinal

Question 11

bulk of tongue, strongest and largest extrinsic muscle

Answer 11

Genioglossus

Question 12

tongue and palate muscle (ant. Faucial pillar)

Answer 12

Glossopalatine

Question 13

Muscle used for licking the back of the lower central incisors

Answer 13

inferior longitudinal