Oral Cavity Flashcards
3 functions of mouth
Chewing food, deglutition (swallowing), phonation (speech)
Superior alveolar nerves (cn __) go to __ teeth
V2, maxillary
Inferior alveolar nerve cn __ goes to __ teeth
V3, mandibular
6 arteries to oral cavity
Maxillary, lingual, facial, ext carotid, descending palatine, inferior alveolar
Hard palate composed of
Palatine process of maxilla
And palatine bone, horizontal plate
Incisive foramen on __ __ of __
Palatine process, maxilla
Greater and lesser palatine foramina on __ __, __ __
Palatine bone, horizontal plate
Soft palate composed of 5
Uvula, levator veli palatini, tensor veli palatini, palatoglossal arch, palatopharyngral arch
Tensor veli palatini innervated by
V3 trigeminal
Nasopalatine nerve cn ___ travels through what.
___ function to anterior part of __ __ including anterior __ __
V2, sensory, hard palate, 6 teeth
Greater palatine artery and nerve cn __ supplies most of what
Goes through what
V2, hard palate
Greater palatine foramen
Lesser palatine nerve and artery cn __ supplies what.
Soft palate, V2
Levator veli palatini: cn __. __ soft palate, closes __ from __ and __ cavities
X. Elevates. Oropharynx. Nasopharynx and nasal
Tensor veli palatini: cn __. Tenses __ __ in order for __ __ __ to raise it
V3, soft palate, levator veli palatini
Palatoglossus: cn __. Forms the __ arch. __ __ tongue and draws __ __ onto tongue
X, palatoglossal
Elevates posterior, soft palate