Mouth Flashcards
Another name for lips
Labia
Function of the lips
Protects the anterior opening
Forms the anterior roof
Hard palate
What initiates swallowing
Tongue
Where food enters
Mouth
Posterior roof
Soft palate
Kids with short lingual frenulum are called what
Tongue tied and leads to distorted speech
Cut frenulum to fix
Space between lips externally and teeth and gums internally
Vestibule
How does the tongue attach to the floor of mouth
Lingual frenulum
Part of body’s defense system
Tonsils
When tonsils are inflamed what happens
Block entrance to the throat
What allows for taste
Tongue
Chewing of food
Mastication
When does breakdown of food begin
Before it has left the mouth by the mixing of food and saliva by tongue
Location of lingual tonsils
Base of the tongue
What mixes food with saliva
Tongue
Forms the lateral walls of oral cavity
Cheeks
Fleshy projection of soft palate
Uvula
Location of palatine tonsils
Posterior end of oral cavity
Where is tongue attached
Hyoid bone and styloid processes of scull
Area contained by teeth
Oral cavity proper
The mouth is lined with what
Mucous membrane
