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Oral Anatomy - Tongue Flashcards

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What is the mouth also known as?

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The oral cavity

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What is the oral cavity?

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Space enclosed by the lips and cheeks, filled with tongue

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What is the pharynx? (in simplest terms)

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the throat

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What is the oral cavity proper?

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between teeth (communicates with pharynx)

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What is the oral vestibule?

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between teeth and cheek (LATIN -labial, buccal)
When you blow your cheek, the space that you get is the oral vestibule

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What are the cheeks?

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the lateral wall of the mouth formed mainly by the buccinator muscle

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What do the lips bind?

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the oral fissure (mouth)

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What makes the mouth a very sensitive tactile organ?

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It is innervated by sensory fibres
The nerve fibres actually go to the lips

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What do the lips help young animals with?

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creating a seal around the teat

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What are the glands called that are found in the lips?

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labial glands

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Describe the mobility of the lips on horse, sheep and dogs?

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soft and flexible

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Describe the mobility of the lips on cows and pigs?

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stiff and less mobile

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What is the palate?

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the roof of the oral cavity

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what does the palate do?

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it separates the digestive and respiratory systems

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What are the two types of palate?

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the hard and the soft palate

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What does the hard palate divide?

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it divides the oral cavity from the nasal cavity

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During swallowing, what is the job of the soft palate?

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the soft palate closes the nasal passage

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Which palate is the rostral part?

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the hard palate
means that it is the one that is closer to the nose

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Musculomucosal

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muscles covered with mucous membrane

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What does a soft palate make animals?

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obligatory nose breathers

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What is the name of the ‘mound’ on the hard palate near the front of the mouth, behind the teeth? (pumpkin has a very obvious one)

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The incisive papillae

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Why does the incisive papillae have this name?

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because it is found on the incisive bone

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What bones make up the hard palate?

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the palatine, maxillary and incisive bone

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what are the bones (that make up the hard palate) covered in?

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a mucous membrane

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Why is the hard palate keratinised?
for protection
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Describe the texture of the hard palate and what is the function of this texture?
It has ridges, this is to help grip food and helps to move it around
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What is the use of the incisive papillae?
it aids the senses of smell and taste and is an olfactory receptor for sexual stimuli
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vomer?
small thin bone, separating left and right side of the nasal cavity
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What does the incisive papilla open into?
the incisive duct that links the mouth with the nasal cavity
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What is the hard palate covered with?
keratinised epithelium
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What is the hard palate strengthened by?
a small plate of cartilage
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what organ connects with the vomer?
vomeronasal organ
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Describe the vomeronasal organ?
it is a tubular structure
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What is the vomeronasal organ a part of?
part of the accessory olfactory system
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What is the hard palate responsible for?
semiochemical signal detection (pheromones)
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What type of epithelium covers the hard palate?
stratified squamous epithelium, keratinised
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What type of epithelium covers the tongue?
the core muscle is covered by stratified squamous epithelium
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What bone(s) is the tongue attached to?
the hyoid bone and mandible HENCE mobile
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The surface of the tongue has a large number of projections - what are these called?
papillae & taste buds
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What is the function of the lyssa?
allows dogs to create a cradle with their tongue so that they can drink because dogs can't seal their mouths when they are drinking
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What is the lyssa?
it is the structure in the central midline-cord of skeletal muscle and adipose tissue surrounded by dense connective tissue (the line down the middle of their tongue)
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Which animals have a lyssa?
cats, dogs and horses (but not as obviously - a horses isn't as cartilaginous)
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What are the two types of tongue papillae?
Mechanical or Gustatory papillae
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What are the four types of mechanical papillae?
Filiform, Conical, Marginal, Lenticular
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Describe filiform papillae:
Hair-like structures on the dorsal surface; grips food (we have them as well)
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Describe conical papillae:
larger than filiform, less frequent, covers torus linguae and provides traction for movement of food
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What type of mechanical papillae is not found in horses?
Conical
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What is the torus lingua?
apex/tip of tongue Dorsum of the tongue
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Describe the marginal papillae:
only found in newborn carnivores and piglets --> it aids in suckling
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Describe the lenticular papillae:
Hard due to the heavy keratinisation - only found in ox
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What are the three types of gustatory papillae?
Fungiform, Vallate, Foliate
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Describe the fungiform papillae:
Found among filiform, over the rostral two thirds of the dorsum of the tongue, mushroom shaped To do with the taste
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Describe the Vallate papillae:
between the body and root of the tongue; large circular projections surrounded by a deep groove
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Describe the Foliate papillae:
At the same level as the other gustatory papillae but on the edges of the tongue, found in horse and pigs (but rarely cattle)
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Which types of muscles in the tongue are actually connected to the bones?
The extrinsic ones, these lie parallel to the bones
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What are the two types of muscles located in the tongue?
Intrinsic m. Extrinsic m.
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What are the intrinsic muscles found in the tongue?
Muscle fibres orientated in three directions: longitudinal, transverse and vertical
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Which muscles form the tongue proper?
intrinsic m.
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What is the tongue proper made up of?
curl, groove, bend
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Latin name for the intrinsic m.?
Lingualis Proprius
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What is the tongue proper?
the actual tongue
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What are the three important extrinsic muscles called? (you need to know their function)
Genioglossus Styloglossus Hyoglossus
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How many pairs of extrinsic muscles are there?
3 pairs
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Of what origin are the three pairs of extrinsic muscles?
osseous origin
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What cranial nerve number is hypoglossal nerve?
it is cranial nerve number 12 (CN XII)
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Describe the tongue's innervation:
it is complex (motor and sensory)
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What is the tongue innervated by?
By cranial nerves that originate from the brain
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What does the hypoglossal nerve supply?
supplies both the intrinsic and extrinsic muscles
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Damage to the hypoglossal nerve would result in?
paralysis of the tongue
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What are the two types of innervation in the tongue?
motor and sensory
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Which nerve controls the motor innervation?
hypoglossal nerve
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For the rostral 2/3 part of the tongue, what nerve is used for sensation?
Linguinal nerve branch of mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve
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What is the cranial nerve number for the trigeminal nerve?
CN V Cranial nerve 5
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For the rostral 2/3 part of the tongue, what nerve is responsible for taste?
Chorda tympani branch of the Facial nerve
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What is the cranial nerve number for the facial nerve?
Cranial nerve number 7 CN VII
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For the caudal 1/3 of the tongue, what nerve is responsible for the taste and general sensation?
The Glossopharyngeal nerve
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What is the cranial nerve number for the glossopharyngeal nerve?
cranial nerve 9 CN IX
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What nerve is responsible for the additional innervation in the caudal 1/3 of the tongue?
The vagal nerve
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What is the cranial nerve number for the vagal nerve?
Cranial nerve 10 CN X
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torus lingua
cow

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