Oral Cavity Flashcards
- The oral cavity starts and ends where?
2. What are the 2 parts of the oral cavity called?
- Lips to oropharyngeal isthmus
2. Vestibule and oral cavity proper
- Where is the vestibule of the oral cavity
- What does the vestibule communicate with
- Location of labial frenula
- Location of parotid papilla
- Parotid papilla marks the opening of?
- If you stick your finger in your mouth between your cheek and teeth
- With exterior via oral fissure (open mouth)
- Midline mucosal fold on inner aspect of lips to gingiva (between central incisor teeth)
- Small elevation on mucosa of cheek opposite 2nd maxillary molar
- Opening of parotid duct into oral vestibule
Boundaries of oral cavity:
- Anterior and lateral
- Posterior
- Roof
- Floor
- Teeth and gingiva
- Oropharyngeal isthmus
- Palate
- Mylohyoid muscles (2 coming together)
- Oropharyngeal isthmus is the space between?
- Mylohyoid muscles support what 2 things?
- Mylohyoid muscle support is reinforced by?
- Space between right and left palatoglossal arches (folds)
- Tongue and structures of floor of mouth
- Medially by geniohyoid muscle
How much of the palate is hard vs soft?
Hard palate is mostly composed of? Soft?
Hard palate is anterior 2/3; soft is posterior 1/3
Hard= bone; soft= glands and such
Hard palate is formed by what parts of what 2 bones?
Palatine processes of maxillae and horizontal plates of palatine bones
When soft palate is relaxed, it extends where?
Separates what 2 things?
Extends posteriorly and inferiorly into pharynx (separates nasopharynx from oropharynx)
Soft palate:
- Where is its free border? What does it contain?
- Becomes continuous with what 2 things?
- Location of the tonsillar fossa (sinus) and what it contains?
- Posterior; uvula
- Palatoglossal and palatopharyngeal arches
- Between the 2 arches of the same side; occupied by palatine tonsil
Palatoglossal arch:
- Anterior or posterior?
- Extended from _ to _
- Covers?
- Anterior
- Soft palate to side of tongue
- Palatoglossus muscle
Palatopharyngeal arch:
- Anterior or posterior?
- Extends from?
- Covers what muscle?
- Posterior
- Soft palate to pharyngeal wall
- Palatopharyngeus muscle
Levator veli palatini:
- Muscle of hard or soft palate?
- Location?
- Creates mucosal elevation called?
- Action
- Why is this action important?
- Soft
- Under mucosa of nasopharynx, inferior to pharyngeal opening of auditory tube
- Torus levatorius
- Elevates soft palate to separate nasopharynx from oropharynx
- Prevents food from getting into nasal cavity
Tensor veli palatini:
- Location
- Course of its tendons
- Action
- Anterior and lateral to levator veli palatini
- Tendon curves around pterygoid hamulus and becomes continuous with palatine aponeurosis
- Tenses soft palate and opens pharyngeal opening of auditory tube
Palatoglossus:
- Located within
- Origin
- Insertion
- Action (3)
- Palatoglossal arch
- Soft palate
- Side of tongue
- Elevates posterior part of tongue, depresses soft palate, approximates 2 palatoglossal arches
Palatopharyngeus:
- Located within
- Origin
- Insertion
- Action (3)
- Palatopharyngeal arch
- Soft palate
- Pharyngeal wall
- Elevates pharynx during swallowing, depresses soft palate, approximates 2 palatopharyngeal arches
Musculus uvulae:
- Location
- Insertion
- Action (2)
- Midline
- Mucosa of uvula
- Shortens uvula and pulls it superiorly
- Motor innervation of tensor veli palatini?
2. Motor innervation of all other muscles
- Mandibular nerve (V3)
2. Vagus nerve