Lecture 18- The oral cavity and the pharynx Flashcards
what separates the nasal cavity from the oral cavity
the hard and soft palate
- Tip of soft palate= uvula
tip of the soft palate is the
uvula
how many teeth do we have
32
area between the lips and teeth
vestibule
where do the tonsils sit
- Palatoglossal and palatopharyngeal arches (Mc Donalds signs)
the tongue has
intrinsic and extrinsc muscles
intrinsic muscles of the tongue
- not attached to other muscles except other intrinsic muscles
- 4 pair muscles
- Longitudinal (superior and inferior)
- Transverse
- Vertical
- 4 pair muscles
motor innervation of the itnrinsic muscles
hypoglossal enrve (CN XII)
extrinsic muscles
- arise from other structures and insert into tongue
extrinsic muscles
- Genioglossus
- Hyoglossus
- Styloglossus
- Palatoglossus
Styloglossus
- Motor innervation: hypoglossal nerve
palatoglossus
- Motor innervation (vagus nerve)
anatomy of the extrinsic muscles
sensory supply of the tongue (anterior 2/3)
- Sensation- trigeminal (V3)
- Taste- facial
posterior 1/3 of the tongue
- Sensation and tase- glossopharyngeal
how many pairs of salivary glands
3
salivary glands
- parotid
- submandibular
- sublingual
where does the parotid lie
- Lies anterior to the SCM and ear
- Behind the masseter and zygomatic arch
- Duct opens up in the upper region of the oral cavity- Stenson’s duct (near upper 2nd molar)
submandibular gland
- Most of saliva (60%)
- Sits under the mandibular in the submandibular triangle
- Saliva exits the Wharton’s ducts
- Sublingual
- Under the tongue
- Produce 3-5% of saliva
- Smallest and most diffuse of the majority salivary glands
- 8-20 excretory ducts per gland
Salivary gland stones (sialolithiasis) most commonly found in the
submandibular - whartons ducts
causes of salivary stones
- Dehydration, reduced salivary flow
- Most stoned less than 1cm
- Symptoms (eating) of sialothiasis
- Pain in gland
- Swelling
- Infection
diagnosis of sialolithiasis
-
Diagnosis
- History
- X-ray
- Sialogram- contrast dye injected into gland
what is tonsilitis
inflammation of the palatine tonsils
Symptoms of tonislitis
- Fever
- Sore throat
- Pain/difficulty swallowing
- Cervical lymph nodes
- Bad breath
tonsilitis causes
- Viral causes (most common)
- Bacterial causes (up to 40% of cases)
- Strep pyogenes
- White spots
- Can be bacterial secondary to viral tonisilittis
Peritonsillar abscess
Diff to tonsilitis
- Affects tissue around the tonsil
- If its unilateral (quinsy)à will deviate the uvula towards the swelling