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Facial Structures/Oral Cavity Flashcards

-Define and pronounce all terms -Locate and identify regions and associated landmarks on diagram and clinically -Describe boundaries of oral cavity -Relate the structures of the oral cavity with their description or label

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Frontal

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Fore head region. Executive Function/Judgement

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Occipital Region

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Back and bottom of head

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Temporal

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By the temple

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Zygomatic

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Above cheekbone where you would apply highlighter or bronzer

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Buccal (buckle)

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Cheek. UNDER zygomatic

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Infraorbital

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Below eye region

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Nasal

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Nose

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Orbital region

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Eyes

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Oral region

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Mouth

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Mental region

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Chin

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Frontal eminence

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Spot on forehead that sticks out a bit further than the rest of the forehead

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Glabella

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Skin surface landmark between the eyebrows

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Nasal Region

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Contains Nasion which is the bony landmark where the nasal and frontal bones meet.

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Root of nose

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The deepest dip at the top of nose by the eyes

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Apex

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Tip

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Septum

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Cartilage in nose that separates the nose into right and left nostrils

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Temporomandibular Joint

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Condyle of the mandible articulates with the glenoid fossa of the temporal bone.

  • Allows movement of lower jaw (mandible)
  • Located anterior to the tragus
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Commisure

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Corner (of mouth)

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Vermillion

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All the pink part of the lips (place that needs chapstick)

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Maxilla

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Upper Jaw/arch

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Mandible

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Lower jaw/arch

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Lingual

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Towards tongue

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Buccal

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Towards cheek

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Palatal

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Towards/on palate

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Facial

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Towards cheek

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Labial

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Towards lips

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Oral Cavity

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Inside of mouth

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Mucosa

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Mucous membrane lining the oral cavity

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Gingiva

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Gums (firm, pink mucosa in healthy mouth)

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Parotid Papilla***

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Buccal mucosa that looks like bump that saliva dumps out of into the mouth. Contains Stensons duct

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Attached Gingiva

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Gingiva that tightly adheres to the bone around the roots of the teeth (makes chewing possible)

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Marginal gingiva

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Non-attached, at the gingival margin (most cervical portion) ex. where popcorn gets stuck

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Sulcus

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Inner surface of marginal gingiva (space between the teeth)

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Interdental gingiva (Interdental papillae)

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Gingiva between the teeth (where you floss around the triangle)

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Vestibules

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Upper and lower spaces between the cheeks, lips, gums. Above/below the alveolar mucosa

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Alveolar Mucosa

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Thinner, redder mucosa overlying the “alveolar process”: toother-bearing portion of each jaw bone

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Mucogingival Junction

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Line of demarcation between the alveolar mucosa and gingiva

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Raphe

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Tissue line

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Suture

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Bone line

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Median palatine raphe

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Midline ridge of TISSUE on hard palate

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Palatine rugae

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Firm, irregular ridges of tissue radiating out from the raphe and incisive papilla

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Incisive Papilla

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Small bulge of tissue at the most anterior portion of the hard palate (overlies incisive canal)

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Filiform

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Most number type on tongue. Hair like appearance.

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Fungiform

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Little pink dots, contains taste buds, not as many

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Foliate

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Not much of a function. Lateral borders, vertical leaf like appearance on side of the tongue. Hard to see.

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Cirucumvallate

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Divides anterior 2/3 and posterior 1/3.

10-14, lined up anteriorly to the sulcus terminalis

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Dorsal Tongue

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Top of tongue

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Ventral Tongue

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Bottom of tongue

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Deep Lingual Veins

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Visible large blood vessels, pass close to the surface

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Plicae Fimbriata

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Folds of the tissue just lateral to the lingual veins, can have fringelike projections

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Lingual Frenum

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Attaches tongue to FOM

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Sublingual Fold

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V-shaped, contains ducts for sublingual salivary glands

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Sublingal carruncle

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Contains openings of the submandibular and sublingual ducts (Whartons Duct). Where we gleek from because the ducts empty.

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Ankyloglossia

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Tongue Tied

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Tonsilar Stones

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Food is trapped and lymph tries to get them out by growing to push them out

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Nasion***

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Midpoint landmark located at the junction of the frontal and nasal bones. Bony Landmark. See Slide #18

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