Oral and Esophageal Histology Flashcards
Describe the general structural plan in the GI system?
- mucosa
- submucosa
- supporting wall
- adventitia/serosa
What are the three general surface areas/features for the lip?
- an outer cutaneous layer (skin)
- red area
3 oral mucosa
What’s the supporting wall for the lip?
orbicularis oris muscle
What is the supporting wall for the cheek?
the buccinator
The mucosa and submucosa of the cheek is similar to that of the lips except for what difference?
there’s more elastic tissue in the submucosa of the cheek to help reduce biting your cheeks
Where in the mouth is the stratified squamous epithelium keritinized and where is it not?
in general it’s keritinized in areas where there’s lots of stress from eating. So on the top of the tongue and on the hard palate it’s keritinized.
On the lips and lower part of the tongue it’s non-keritinized
Describe the submucosa of the hard palate and explain how it differs in different areas.
it’s absent in the midline
anterior 1/3 has lots of fat
posteiror 2/3 has lots of mucous glands
Describe the epithelium for the soft palate.
it’s stratified squamous keratinizing on the oral side and then pseudostratified columnar ciliated on the nasal side
Describe the submucosa of the soft palate.
it’s mostly mixed glands
What’s the supporting wall of the soft palate?
skeletal muscle and connective tissue
Why is the dorsal surface of the tongue’s mucosa complex?
its lamina propria is modified to form various papillae
The serous glands are beneath what papillae?
the circumvallate papillae
What do the mucous lgands empty into on the dorsal tongue?
tonsillar crypts
What nerves supply the anterior 2/3 of the tongue?
cranial nerves V and VII
What nerves supply the posterior 1/3 of the tongue?
cranial nerves IX and X
What are the 4 types of tongue papillae?
filiform
fungiform
circumvallate
foliate
What’s the most numerous papillae?
filiform
What’s the papillae that sticks up higher than the rest?
fungiform
Which are underdeveloped in humans?
foliate - located on the lateral sides of the tongue
On histology, why are filiform papillae really obvious/
they have lots of obvious keratinization
Where on the tongue are fungiform papillae most numerous?
towards the tip
What do the fungiform papillae look like?
slightly reddish club-shaped
What crnaial nerves innervates the fungiform papillae?
cranial nerve VII
What papillar are adjacent to the sulcus terminalis?
circumballate
What surrounds the circumvallate? What empties there?
a deep trench in which the serous glands of von Ebner empty