Oral cavity

Question 1

What sort of epithelium covers the mouth and tongue?

Answer 1

Stratified squamous

Question 2

What are the three types of salivary gland?

Answer 2

Parotid, submandibular, sublingual

Question 3

What type of saliva does the parotid gland secrete?

Answer 3

Serous

Question 4

What type of saliva does the submandibular gland secrete?

Answer 4

Mucous and serious

Question 5

What type of saliva does the sublingual gland secrete?

Answer 5

Mucous saliva

Question 6

Where in salivary glands is the saliva made?

Answer 6

Acini

Question 7

What does parasympathetic stimulation of salivary glands do to saliva?

Answer 7

Makes it watery

Question 8

What does sympathetic stimulation of salivary glands do to saliva?

Answer 8

Makes it mucous

Question 9

Functions of saliva?

Answer 9

Lubrication, digestion by alpha-amylase, antimicrobial thiocyanate

Question 10

What is mastication?

Answer 10

Process of breaking down food to form a bolus.

Question 11

What are the muscles of the tongue and cheek called?

Answer 11

Buccinator muscles

Question 12

What is the lower jaw called?

Answer 12

Mandible

Question 13

What is the upper jaw called?

Answer 13

Maxilla

Question 14

What is the joint that moves the jaws?

Answer 14

The temporomandibular joint

Question 15

What are the muscles of mastication?

Answer 15

Temporalis, masseter, lateral and medial pterygoid.

Question 16

Which is the major effector mastication muscle?

Answer 16

The temporalis

Question 17

Which muscles bring about side to side movement

Answer 17

The lateral and medial pterygoids

Question 18

What muscle elevates and protrudes the lower jaw?

Answer 18

The masseter