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Lecture 11: Histology of Nasal and Oral Cavities Flashcards

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What are the hallmarks of respiratory epithelium?

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  • Ciliated
  • Thick basement membrane
  • Many goblet cells

Pseudostratified Columnar Ciliated Epithelium

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What are three regions of the nasal cavities?

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Nasal Vesituble: Nostril area

Respiratory Region: Inferior ⅔

Olfactory Region: Superior ⅓

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What type of epithelium lines the nasal vestibule?

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Keratinized stratified squamous epithelium

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What are paranasal sinuses?

What is their clinical significance?

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  • Extensions of respiratory region of the nasal cavity
  • Communicates with nasal cavities via narrow openings
  • Subject to infections (URI)
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What are the hallmarks of olfactory mucosa?

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  • Lacks Goblet Cells
  • Dramatically thicker than respiratory epithelium
    • Still pseudostratified ciliated columnar
  • Thin Basement Membrane
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What is the function of the olfactory glands?

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Serous secretions that dissolve odorant molecules

Make up for lack of mucus from goblet cells

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What cells have specialized, nonmotile cilia with odorant receptors?

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Olfactory Receptor Cells

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What type of epithelium is found in the oral cavity?

What are the three classifications of this epithelium?

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Protective Mucous Membrane: Oral Mucosa

  • Stratified Squamous (w/ varying keratinization)
    • Masticatory
    • Lining
    • Specialized Mucosa
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What layer of mucosa in the oral cavity contains the neurovasculature?

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Papillary Layer of Lamina Propria

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If the submucosal layer is present in the oral cavity, what does it contain?

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Loose CT

Adipose Tissue

Salivary glands

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What epithelium makes up the masticatory mucosa?

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Keratinized and/or parakeratinized stratified squamous epithelium

  • Nuclei highly condensed
  • Thin/absent submucosal layer*
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Where can you find masticatory mucosa?

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Hard palate

Gingiva

Dorsal surface of the tongue

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What is the purpose of rete ridges and papillae in masticatory mucosa?

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Allows mucosa to stay firmly adhered to connective tissue beneath it

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Where is lining mucosa found?

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  • Lips
  • Cheeks
  • Alveolar mucosal surface: where teeth are fixed
  • Floor of mouth
  • Inferior surfaces of the tongue
  • Soft palate
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What type of oral mucosa would have a distinct submucosa?

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Lining mucosa

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What type of epithelium makes up lining mucosa?

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Nonkeratinized stratified squamous, may be parakeratinized in some sections

Quite Thick

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What are the 3 layers of the epithelium of lining mucosa?

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  1. Stratum basale: single layer and regenerates cells
  2. Stratum spinosum: thick layer
  3. Stratum superficiale: surface cells
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What sense is the oral specialized mucosa associated with?

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Where is the oral specialized mucosa located?

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Dorsal surface of the tongue

-contains papillae and taste buds

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What type of epithelium makes up oral specialized mucosa?

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Keratinized epithelium w/ lamina propria

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What lingual papillae do not contain taste buds?

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Filiform papillae

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What is the function of the filiform papillae?

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Move food towards pharynx for swallowing

Give dorsal surface of tongue velvety texture

No taste!

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What structure is this?

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Filiform papillae

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Where are foliate papillae generally found on the tongue?

What does it do?

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Posterior lateral regions

Provides taste sensation

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What structure is this?
Foliate Papillae
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Where are fungiform papillae generally found on the tongue? What does it do?
Dorsal Surface Provides taste sensation
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What structure is this?
Fungiform Papillae
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Where can circumvallate papillae be found?
* Few in number but has hundreds of taste buds * Location restricted to the posterior part of tongue
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What structure is this?
Circumvallate Papillae
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Where else can taste buds be found that is not part of the tongue?
**Mucosa** * Glossopalatine arch * Soft palate * Posterior surface of epiglottis * Posterior wall of pharynx
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What is the role of neuroepithelial cells in the taste buds?
* Elongated cells extending from basal lamina of epithelium to the taste pore * Synapse with afferent sensory neurons of CN VII, IX, or X
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What structure is this?
Taste bud
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What are tonsils and where are they found?
Large lymphoid tissue that protects against inhaled or ingested substances Found in: mucosa of posterior oral cavity, oropharynx, and nasopharynx
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What type of epithelium is found in palatine tonsils? What other important histological features are there?
Nonkeratinized stratified squamous * _Tonsillar Crypts:_ 10-20 deep invaginations * Dense CT
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What type of epithelium is found in pharyngeal tonsils? What other important histological features are there?
Pseudostratified columnar ciliated squamous epithelium * Posterior wall of nasopharynx * Invaginated mucosa but no crypts * Thin capsule
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What type of epithelium is found in lingual tonsils? What other important histological features are there?
Stratified squamous epithelium * Base of tongue * Crypts * No capsule
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What two parts is the teeth divided into? What is the bulk of the tooth made up of?
Divided into: * **Crown:** projects into oral cavity and protected by enamel * What you see in mouth * **Root:** Embedded in alveolar ridge of alveolus (tooth socket) * Invested by a thin layer of cementum *Mostly made of _dentin_*
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**Dentin** What is its composition? What does it enclose? What is its function?
* Composed of calcified organic matrix * similar to bone * Contains central pulp cavity * Has neurovasculature, lymphatics, and mesenchymal cells
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Where are dentinal tubules found?
Radiating from pulp chamber to enamel rods
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What structure attaches bone to the cementum of the tooth?
Periodontal Ligament
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What substance holds the enamel rods together?
Interprismatic material
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Where would Lines of Retzius be found?
In the enamel
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What are these structures?
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What structure is this? What are the structures labelled?
Dental Tissue

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