Oral Cavity Flashcards
Oral (mouth) cavity parts
- Vestibule
- Mouth cavity proper
Vestibule part
Parotid duct opens in it opposite 2nd molar tooth
Internally:
Between teeth and gum
Externally:
Cheeks and lips
Cheek consists of
- Skin
- Buccal pad of fat
- Buccopharyngeal fascia
- Buccinator muscle
- Buccal mucous glands
- Vestibule mucous membrane
Mouth cavity proper boundries
- In front and sides
- Behind
- Above (roof)
- Below (floor)
In front and sides
- Teeth
- Gums
Behind
Communicates with pharynx (via oropharyngeal isthmus)
Above
- Hard palate
- Soft palate
Below
Anterior 2/3 tongue with its lower surface showing:
1. Frenulum linguae
2. Sublingual papilla
3. Sublingual fold
Frenulum linguae
Mucous membrane fold connecting tongue and mouth floor with deep lingual vein and fimbriated ridge (plica fimbriata) lateral to it
Sublingual papilla
Elevation on each side of frenulum lower end receiving submandibular duct orifice
Sublingual fold
Elevated mucosal fold (produced by sublingual gland) lateral sublingual papilla receiving sublingual ducts orifices
Relations of mylohyoid muscle
- Superficial (lower)
- Deep (upper)
Superficial
- Skin
- Superficial fascia (contains Platysma
- Deep fascia
- Submandibular gland (superficial part)
- Anterior belly digastric
- Nerve to mylohyoid
- Facial artery and it’s submental branch
- Submental lymph nodes
Deep
4 muscles, 2 glands, 2 nerves, 1 ganglion, and 1 artery
1. Hyoglossus
2. Lateral to Hyoglossus
3. Anterior to Hyoglossus
Lateral to Hyoglossus
- Styloglossus
- Lingual nerve
- Submandibular ganglion
- Deep part submandibular gland and its duct
- Hypoglossal nerve and its vena comitants
- Suprahyoid artery