Oral Cavity Flashcards
Angina
Condition with intense pain
Strangling or choking
Digastric O I A N
O: post belly=temporal bone (mastoid notch)
Ant belly= inner side of the mandible
I intermediate tendon/hyoid
A: open the mouth
N: V3/VII
Mylohyoid O I A N
O: inner side of the mandible
I: midline of the hyoid
A: elevates the floor of the mouth in swallowing
N: V3
Geniohyoid O I A N
O: inner side of the mandible above the mylohyoid
I: hyoid
A: elevates the hyoid and draws it forward
N: C1 hitchhiking with XII
Muscles of the tongue from top to bottom
Genioglossus
Geniohyoid
Mylohyoid
Digastric
Ludwigs Angina
Infection of the floor of the mouth (submandibular space), often due to the spread of infection from an accessed tooth
Midline of the tongue
Lingual frenulum
Sublingual papilla
Opening of the submandibular salivary gland
Fimbriated folds
Location of the lingual veins
Sublingual folds
Openings for sublingual salivary glands
Genioglossus O I A N
O: genial tubercle of mandible
I: tongue to its dorsal surface
A: protrude
N: XII
Hyoglossus O I A N
O: greater and lesser horns of the hyoid
I: lateral side of the tongue
A: depress
N: XII
Styloglossus O I A N
O: styloid process of the temporal bone
I: lateral side of the tongue
A: draws tongue superiorly and posteriorly
N: XII
Damage to the LMN of CN XII results in the paralysis of what uncle of the tongue and what is the result of this
Genioglossus paralyzed and the tongue deviates towards the side of the lesion
Vertical muscles of the tongue function
Superior and inferior muscle fibers
Flatten and broaden the tongue