Oral Cavity Flashcards
Where is the vestibule?
In between the lips and cheeks and in front of/lateral to the teeth and gums
T/F:
Buccinator is a part of oral cavity proper
False
Part of the vestibule
Where does buccinator extend from?
Outer surfaces of the mandible and maxilla and pterygomandibular raphe to modiolus
Which structure is found anteriorly and laterally in the oral cavity proper?
Alveolar teeth of manadible and maxilla
T/F:
The palatoglossal folds extend from the hard palate to the posterolateral tongue
False
Soft palate
T/F: Palatopharyngeal folds extend from the thyroid lammina and contain palatopharyngeal muscle
True
Which structures make up the hard palate?
palatine process of maxilla and horizontal plate of palatine bone
Which structures make up the floor of the oral cavity proper?
Tongue
Alveolar lingual sulcus
Mylohyoid muscle
What are the three parts of the tongue?
Root
Dorsum
Ventral surface
T/F: The ventral surface of the tongue extends into the oropharynx
False
does not
What is the dorsum part of the tongue divided into?
Palatine (anterior)
Pharyngeal (posterior)
T/F:
Taste buds are found on the dorsal surface of the palatine part of the tongue
True
Where are taste found?
Fungiform, vallat and foliate papilla as well as in the lining of the oral cavity
T/F:
Taste buds are found on filiform papilla
False
What does the alveolar lingual sulcus contain?
Sublingual folds
Which structures are deep to the alveolar lingual sulcus?
sublingual salivary glands
What is the midline of the ventral surface of palatine tongue?
Frenulum
T/F:
Fimbriated folds are lateral to the frenulum and lingual veins are lateral to the fimbriated folds
False
Lingual veins are lateral to the frenulum and fimbriated folds are lateral to the lingual veins
Where do the submandibular ducts open up into?
Sublingual folds
What can be found on the sides of the palatine tongue?
Approximately 5 foliate papillae on each side
Where does the pharyngeal part of the tongue extend to?
Just posterior to the vallate papillae to the epiglottis
T/F:
Lingual tonsils are found in the palatine tongue
False
pharyngeal tongue
T/F:
Extrinsic muscles of the tongue change its shape and intrinsic muscles of the tongue move it.
False
Other way round
List the intrinsic muscles of the tongue
Superior and inferior longitudinal
Vertical and transverse
List the extrinsic muscles of the tongue
Genioglossus
Hyloglossus
Styloglossus
Palatologlossus
Where does genioglossus extend from and what is its function?
Mental spine to the tongue
protrusion
Which muscle extends from the hyoid to the sides of the tongue and is involved in depressing the side of the tongue?
Hyloglossus
T/F:
Styloglossus extends from the styloid process to the side of the tongue
True