Oral cavity Flashcards
2 things lining oral cavity
- stratified squamous epithelium
- mucous membrane
stratified squamous epithelium of oral cavity
keratinized in herbivores
mucous membrane of oral cavity
- includes epithelium and CT
- secretions keep moist
lips
mucocutaneous junction that form the entrance to oral cavity
layers of the lips
- stratified squamous epithelium
- underlying lamina propria/submucosa forms long papillae which extend into epithelial layer
- core contains fibroelastic CT and skeletal muscle
what does palate form
dorsal wall of oral cavity
2 parts of palate
-hard palate
(dental pad in ruminants)
-soft palate
hard palate
- mucous membrane over bone
- transverse ridges rostrally
- submucosa continuous with periosteum of bones
dental pad
- ruminants
- rostral part of hard palate
- replaces upper incisors
- thick stratum corneum
soft palate
- caudal to hard palate
- mucous membrane covering skeletal muscles
- lymphatic nodules and glands
- transition to respiratory epithelium on dorsal surface
buccal wall
- deep to facial muscles
- salivary glands and openings of ducts from major salivary glands
tongue
- mucous membrane sack
- filled with skeletal muscles in all planes
- intrinsic and extrinsic muscles
- epithelium thicker on dorsal than ventral surface
lyssa
- mid ventral on tongue of dog
- collagenous tube
- filled with fat/CT
2 functions of epithelial papillae
- mechanical (keratinized)
- gustatory (sensory –> taste buds)
6 types of papillae
- filiform
- conical
- lenticular
- fungiform
- vallate
- foliate
filiform papillae
- mechanical
- dorsal surface of rostral 2/3
- processes keratinized, point caudally
- grasping food/grooming
- size varies
conical papillae
- mechanical
- root of tongue and cheek inner surface
- large
- keratinized epithelium, large CT core
lenticular papillae
- mechanical
- large and grossly visible (lentil shaped)
- keratinized
- dorsal prominence of tongue in ruminants
fungiform papillae
- gustatory/mechanical
- scattered on rostral dorsal surface
- species specific distribution
- may be keratinized in herbivores
- taste buds on dorsal surface in carnivores, lateral surface in herbivores
vallate papillae
- gustatory
- arranged in a V at rostral border of root
- each surrounded by depression called a moat
- taste buds on lateral surface and open into moat
- number varies with species
foliate papillae
- gustatory
- lateral margin of tongue
- leaf-like
- separated by furrows
- taste buds on the lateral surfaces
gustatory glands
- serous secreting
- ducts opening into moat around vallate papillae or into furrows between foliate papillae
- secretions are medium through which chemicals diffuse to taste buds
where are taste buds located
- fungiform, vallate, foliate papillae
- epiglottis
- soft palate
what are taste buds comprised of
oval clusters of columnar cells located within the epithelium and extending through its thickness
taste pore
opens into oral cavity
cell types of taste buds
- sensory (neuroepithelial) cells
- supportive (sustentacular) cells
- basal cells