Floor of the Mouth

Question 1

Submandibular Gland

Answer 1

produces saliva; sumpathetic nerve cell bodies

Question 2

Posterior Belly of the Digastric

Answer 2

depress mandible, elevate the hyoid bone

Question 3

Anterior Belly of the Digastric

Answer 3

depress mandible, elevate the hyoid bone

Question 4

Stylohyoid

Answer 4

pulls the hyoid bone up and back; elevation in the base of the tongue, elongation of the floor of the mouth

Question 5

Mylohyoid

Answer 5

elevate the hyoid bone and oral cavity; depress the mandible

Question 6

Geniohyoid

Answer 6

draws the hyoid bone up and forward during mastication, assist to open the mandible

Question 7

Hyoglossus

Answer 7

depress and retract the tongue

Question 8

Genioglossus

Answer 8

produce the tongue
- if both side working: tongue wil stick out straight
- if one side not working: tongue sticks otu and points to the side of injury

Question 9

Sternohyoid

Answer 9

depress hyoid aftere elevation during swallowing

Question 10

Omohyoid

Answer 10

depress, retract, and steady hyoid

Question 11

sternothyroid

Answer 11

depress hyoid and larynx

Question 12

thryohyoid

Answer 12

depress hyoid and elevate larynx

Question 13

submandibular duct

Answer 13

allow passage of saliva from the submandibular gland into the oral cavity

Question 14

sublingual caruncle

Answer 14

opening of duct from submandibular gland- marking the exit of submandibular gland

Question 15

sublingual fold

Answer 15

openings where the sublingaul gland wil drain into the floor of the mouth

Question 16

Buccal Nerve

Answer 16

provides sensation

Question 17

buccal branch of the facial nerve

Answer 17

motor to the muscles of the tongue: buccinator

Question 18

contraction of the buccinator

Answer 18

food is pushed back from the oral vestibule to the oral cavity proper

Question 19

sialolithiasis

Answer 19

formation of stones within the ducts of the major salivary glands

Question 20

ludwigs angina

Answer 20

throat pain

Question 21

Cellulitis

Answer 21

soft tissue infection of sublingual and submandibular spaces

Question 22

frenulum

Answer 22

connectes inferior surface of the tongue to the floor of the mouth

Question 23

geniohyoid contraction

Answer 23

floor of mouth shortens