GIT HISTOLOGY Flashcards
A cleft-like interval between the gums and the teeth internally and the lips and cheeks externally.
Oral vestibule
True or False:
The hard palate contains a submucosa.
False
A large cavity between the gums and the teeth.
Oral cavity proper
The only communication between the oral vestibule and the oral cavity proper.
Retromolar space
The labial glands are found in which layer of the lips?
A. Mucosa
B. Submucosa
C. Lamina propria
D. Serosa
B. Submucosa
Morphology of most of the oral glands.
Tubulo-alveolar
The mucosa of the lips contains this muco-cutaneous junction where there is an abrupt transition of epithelia.
Vermillon border
V-shaped groove that divides the dorsum of the tongue.
Sulcus terminalis
Arranged in distinct rows diverging to the right and left from the midline and parallel to the sulcus terminalis.
A. Filiform
B. Circumvallate
C. Foliate
D. Fungiform
A. Filiform
Found mostly at the tip of the tongue.
A. Filiform
B. Circumvallate
C. Foliate
D. Fungiform
D. Fungiform
Usually found at the dorsolateral margin of the tongue and is rudimentary to man.
Foliate papillae
Which of the following is paired correctly?
A. Blandin and Nuhn - mucoserous - posterior lingual glands
B. Blandin and Nuhn - purely serous - anterior lingual glands
C. Von Ebner’s glands - purely serous - posterior lingual glands
D. Von Ebner’s glands - puerly serous - anterior lingual glands
C. Von Ebner’s glands - purely serous - posterior lingual glands
Lining epithelium of the gums.
Stratified squamous cornified epithelium
Hardest structure of the body.
A. Cementum
B. Bone
C. Dentin
D. Enamel
D. Enamel
Forms dentin.
Odontoblasts
Covers the dentin of the root.
Cementum
Lining epithelium of the esophago-gastric junction.
Squamo-columnar epithelium
The lamina propria of the esophagus contains these glands that are coiled tubular glands lined by pale-staining, mucus-secreting columnar or cuboidal cells.
Esophageal cardiac glands
The Meissner’s corpuscle is found in what layer of the esophagus?
A. Tunica muscularis
B. Mucosa
C. Muscularis mucosa
D. Submucosa
D. Submucosa