L16 - Oral Cavity and Esophagus Flashcards
1
Q
What are the two areas of the oral cavity?
A
- oral vestibule
- oral cavity proper
2
Q
Oral vestibule borders
A
upper section: upper lip and top teeth
lower section: lower lips and lower teeth
3
Q
Oral vestibule associated structures (3)
A
- superior labial frenulum
- gingivae
- inferior labial frenulum
4
Q
oral cavity proper borders
A
- teeth
5
Q
oral cavity proper structures (8).
A
- hard palate
- soft palate
- tongue
- palatoglossal arch
- palatophraryngeal arch
- uvula
- palatine tonsil
- lingual frenulum
6
Q
Organs associated wirth oral cavity
A
- salivary glands
7
Q
salivary glands
A
- parotid gland
- submandibular gland
- sublingual gland
- minor gland
- can be mucous (lubrication), serous (enzyme-containing), or seromucous
8
Q
parotid gland
A
- found anterior to ears
- between massester and skin
- stenson’s duct opens behind second upper molar - SEROUS
- cranial nerve IX
9
Q
submandicular gland
A
- inferior to mandible and in between digastric muscles
- wharton’s duct opens lateral to lingual frenulum - SEROMUCOUS
- cranial nerve VII
10
Q
sublingual gland
A
- floor of oral cavity inferior to tongue
- bartholin’s duct connects with Wharton’s duct - MUCOUS
- cranial nerve VII
11
Q
What are the three sections of a tooth? superior to inferior
A
- crown (what you can see)
- neck (small bit below gums)
- rooth (rest of the tooth)
12
Q
What are the four types of teeth? front to back
A
- incisor
- canine
- premolar
- molar
13
Q
Your mouth is seperated into _ quadrants which are the right and left ___ (top teeth) and the right and left ___ (bottom teeth)
A
- maxillary
- mandicular
14
Q
How many of each type of teeth are in each quadrant? deciduous teeth (baby teeth)
A
- 2 incicors
- 1 canine
- 2 molar
15
Q
How many of each type of teeth are in each quadrant? permanent teeth
A
- 2 incicors
- 1 canine
- 2 premolars
- 3 molar
