Lecture 28: Oral Cavity Flashcards
What bones form the roof and floor of the oral cavity?
Roof - maxilla
Floor - mandible
What does the mandible articulate with?
The temporal bone at condylar region of mandible - temporomandibular joint
What are the features of the temporomandibular joint?
Sliding hinge joint that allows chewing
What muscles help in chewing?
Masseter and temporalis
What are the features of orbicularis oris?
Muscle that goes around the lips - brings lips together
What are the features of buccinator?
Embedded in the cheek and closes off the space between the mandible and maxilla to form the lateral wall of the oral cavity
Where does the temporals tendon attach and what happens when it contracts?
Temporalis tendon attaches to coronoid process. When temporalis contracts it pulls condyloid process and elevate mandible when chewing
What bones form the roof of the mouth/hard palate?
Maxilla, palatine and horizontal process of palatine
Where is the soft palate?
Connective tissue and muscle suspended from posterior end of hard palate
What is deep to the mucosa lining the mouth?
Palatine glands
Where do the lesser palatine vessels go?
Posterior to soft palate
Where do the greater palatine vessels go?
Along hard palate
Where is the mandible deficient and what fills this?
Inferiorly, mylohyoid muscle
Where does the inferior alveolar nerve enter the mandible?
Mandibular foramen on medial aspect of mandibular foramen
Where does the hyoid bone sit?
Crease between floor of mouth and neck
What is the oral vestibule?
Space lateral to dental arches where mucosa projects upwards - space to store food