LAB Mouth, Tongue, Larynx Flashcards
Where does the parotid duct come out?
The second molar
Where do the palatine tonsils sit between?
The palatoglossal arch and the palatopharyngeal arch
What gland is at the floor of the mouth?
Submandibular gland
What is the frenulum?
Divides the oral cavity to left and right
What developmental delay leads to “tongue tied” stuff?
The frenulum of the tongue
It would need to be cut
What goes over the lingual nerve?
The submandibular gland
What hangs on the lingual nerve (after it joins the choroid tympani)?
The submandibular ganglion
Facial nerve is preganglionic
What two ganglion does the facial nerve feed?
The submandibular
The pterygopalatine
What is the hyoglossus muscle?
Goes from the hyoid bone to the tongue
What runs over the hyoglossus muscle?
The hypoglossal nerve
What is the most important muscle in the tongue region?
Genioglossus
Takes origin of four geniotubercles
What is the genioglossus muscle innervated by?
The hypoglossal
What does the genioglossus muscle do?
Stick out the tongue straight
What happens if you have a lower motor neuron lesion in the hypoglossal nerve?
The tongue will stick out to the opposite side
What is the geniohyoid innervated by?
Cervical nerve 1
What are the three muscle coming off the styloid process?
Styloglossus
Stylopharyngeus
Stylohyoid
What artery is under the hyoglossus muscle?
The lingual artery
Along with the hypoglossal nerve
Where do you find the Glossopharyngeal nerve?
Around the stylopharyngeus muscle
Right below the superior and middle comstrictor
Supplieing posterior third of the tongue, sensory and taste
Where do the taste fibers end up?
The brainstem
A tract called the solitary tract, surrounding the solitary tract is the solitary nucleus sending stuff to the thalamus, then to the insulary cortex