CHEEKS

Question 1

description of the cheeks

Answer 1

1. continous with the lips

2. forms movable walls of oral cavity

Question 2

boundaries of the cheeks

Answer 2

A= lips and the chin(oral and mental regions)

P= parotid region

S= zygomatic region

I= inferior region of the mandible

Question 3

function of the cheeks

Answer 3

helps with muscles for mastication

Question 4

extension

Answer 4

L and S = nasolabial sulci and nares

I= mentolabial sulcus

Question 5

structures

Answer 5

external is the skin

intra oral there is mucosa with buccal glands

Question 6

muscles of the cheeks

Answer 6

1. buccinator muscles which is continous with the sup constrictor and pterygomandibular raphe

Question 7

•The prominence of the cheek occurs at the

Answer 7

junction of the

zygomatic and buccal regions

Question 8

•The zygomatic bone underlying the prominence and the

zygomatic arch

Answer 8

are cheek bones

Question 9

•Numerous small buccal glands lie between

Answer 9

the mucous

membrane and the buccinator muscles

Question 10

•Superficial to the buccinators are encapsulated collections of

Answer 10

fat
i.e. The buccal fat pads which are proportionately larger in infants
•Its assumed function is to reinforce the cheeks and keep them
from collapsing during sucking

Question 11

arterial supply of cheeks

Answer 11

buccal branch of maxillary artery

Question 12

innervation of the cheeks

Answer 12

motor= buccal branch of facial nerve CNV22

sensory= buccal branch of mandibular nerve CNV3