Floor Of Mouth And Palate

Question 1

What 3 muscles support the floor of the mouth

Answer 1

. Mylohyoid
. Hyoglossus
. Geniohyoid

Question 2

Name the features of the FOM

Answer 2

Question 3

Where is the sublingual papilla

Answer 3

Its connected to the whartons duct, marks the opening of the submandibular duct

Question 4

Where is the mandibular tori

Answer 4

Bony growths appear on inner side of lower jaw (benign - non cancerous)

Question 5

What are features of the hard palate

Answer 5

Question 6

What is the palatine Torus

Answer 6

Question 7

What is a dysfunction of the hard palate and when does it occur

Answer 7

Cleft palate - happens between 6 to 8 weeks of developmental stage

Question 8

What are more changes of the hard palate

Answer 8

Smokers keratosis , denture stomatitis

Question 9

What are more changes in the hard palate

Answer 9

Thermal trauma (burn), kaposi sarcoma (seen in pts with severe immunosuppression)

Question 10

Changes of the soft palate

Answer 10

Candida albicans, aphthous ulcer