Oral Cavity Flashcards
What are the 2 main regions of the oral cavity?
oral vestibule
oral cavity proper
What are the limits of the oral vestibule?
between the buccal surface and the teeth
What are the limits of the oral cavity proper?
between the teeth
palate = superior extent
includes tongue and sublingual areas
__ palate = 2/3 anterior
__ palate = 1/3 posterior
hard palate = 2/3 anterior
soft palate = 1/3 posterior
What are the 2 major folds in the soft palate?
pallatoglossus m (anterior) pallatopharygeal m (posterior)
_____ arch is the posterior extent of the oral cavity
pallatoglossal fold
Name the 5 muscles found in the pallatal region
pallatoglossus m pallatopharyngeus m uvular m tensor veli palatini m levator veli palatini
Where is the uvular muscle found
underneath mucosa on the uvula
pretty much the only thing in this area
__ veli palatini is more lateral than __ veli palatini
tensor veli palatini is more lateral than levator veli palatini
tensor veli palatini is more lateral than levator veli palatini in referenc eto ____
medial pterygoid plate
What happens when tensor veli palatini contracts?
tenses soft palate
What happens when levator veli palatini contracts?
elevates soft pallate for swallowing
What is the main aponeurosis found in the soft palate?
palatine aponeurosis
Palatine aponeurosis is the aponeurosis between ___
tensor veli palatini aponeurosis
and pallatoglossus aponeurosis
What is the 3 main arterial supplies to the palate?
- descending palatine artery (goes through palatine canal)
splits into greater palatine artery and lesser palatine artery - ascending palatine artery (branch off facial artery)
- palatine artery (branch off of ascending pharyngeal artery from ECA)
Ascending palatine artery is a branch off ___
facial artery
Palatine artery is a branch off ___
ascending pharyngeal artery (first posterior branch off of ECA)
What is the venous drainage of the palate?
pterygoid plexus
pharyngeal plexus
What is general sensory innervation to the palate?
- nasopalatine nerve (through incisive)
- greater palatine nerve
- lesser palatine nerve
What anastomoses with each other in general sensory to the palate?
nasopalatine nerve anastomoses with greater and lesser palatine nerves
Pre-ganglionic sympathetic innervation to the palate comes from _____
TI lateral horn through sympathetic trunk
Pre-ganglionic sympathetic innervation to the palate synapses in ____
superior cervical ganglion
Post-ganglionic sympathetic innervation to the palate is ____
deep petrosal nerve (into pterygoid canal)
Pre-ganglionic parasympathetic innervation to the palate is ____
greater petrosal nerve
Pre-ganglionic parasympathetic greater petrosal nerve joins with ______,
deep petrosal nerve (post-ganglionic sympathetic fibers)
when pre-ganglionic parasympathetic greater petrosal nerve joins with post-ganglioc sympathetic deep petrosal nerve, this forms _____
vidian nerve of pterygoid canal
The pre-ganglionic parasympathetic fibers going to the palate synapse in ____
pterygopalatine ganglion
How do autonomics get to the palate?
run on sensory innervation pathways
What are the 2 main motor nerves for the palate?
- mandibular (CN V3)
2. Vagus Nerve
CN V3 mandibular nerve innervates ___ muscles of the palate
tensor veli palatini
remmeber: CN V3 does MOM and tensors
Vagus nerve innervates ___ muscles of the palate
levator veli palatini m pallatoglossus m pallatopharyngeus m muscular uvulae m salpingopharyngeus m
The pallatine tonsils receive arterial supply from tonsilar branches of what 4 arteries?
Tonsilar branches from…
- palatine artery
- ascending palatine artery
- facial artery
- dorsal lingual artery
In a tonsilectomy, heavy bleeding can result because of ___ or ___
heavy bleeding from arteries
heavy bleeding from PARATONSILAR VEINS