Head Things Flashcards
A skull in the shape of an elongated cone
Dolichochephalic
A skull in pyramid-shape, equal length cranium and mussle
Mesochephalic
A skull that is as wide as it is short, shorter mussle than cranium
Brachycephalic
Part of the oral cavity between the labia and teeth?
Oral Vestibule
- labial vestibule
- buccal vestibule
Part of the oral cavity within the boundaries of the teeth?
Proper oral cavity
The roof of the oral cavity is the _________________ with transverse ridges
Hard palate
The _____________ just caudal to the central incisor teeth is linked to the vomeronasal organ
Incisive duct
The eminence is the incisive papilla
The incisive duct passes through the __________________ and opens into the ventral nasal meatus
Palatine fissure
The _____________ opens through the cheek on a small papilla located the opposite end of the upper fourth premolar
Parotid duct
The duct of the ___________ gland opens into the vestibule lateral to the last upper premolar
zygomatic
Fold of tissue that extends form the body of the tongue to the beginning of the soft palate
Palatoglossal arch
The caudal third of the tongue is the _______
Root
The free end of the tongue is the ?
Apex
The attachment of the tongue to the base of the jaw
Frenulum
What are the types of papillae found on the tongue?
Filiform Conical Fungiform Folliate Vallate
_____________ papillae are found at the root of the tongue, pointed tip
Conical
_____________ papillae are at the junction of the body and root of the tongue, are circular, and are arranged to form a V shape
Vallate
______________ papillae are the predominate papillae on the body of the tongue and are pointed (keratinized in the cat)
Filiform
____________ papillae have smooth rounded surfaces and are scattered on the body of the tongue
Fungiform
Fungs-> like little mushroom tops
____________ papillae are found on the lateral aspect of the tongue, rostral to the palatoglossal arch
Foliate
Fusiform fiberous spicule extending from the frenulum to the tip of the apex of the tongue on the ventral side of the tongue.
Lyssa
What muscle arises from the stylohyoid and inserts laterally in the middle of the tongue?
Styloglossus muscle
The styloglossus muscle has what action?
Retract and elevate the tongue
What muscle arises from the thyrohyoid and basihyoid, and inserts on the root of the tongue?
Hyoglossus
What muscle lies within the frenulum passing from the intermandibular articulation to the median tongue?
Genioglossus
What muscle originates at the sternum inserts on the basihyoid bone
Sternohyoideus
What muscle extends from the thyroid cartilage of the larynx to the thyrohyoid bone
Thyrohyoideus
What muscle spans the inermandibular space and inserts caudally on the basihyoid bone?
Mylohyoideus
What muscle is deep to the mylohyoideus, spans the inermandibular space and attaches to the basihyoid bone
Genioglossus