Oral Cavity And Palate Flashcards
Where do you palpate for enlarged lymph nodes if you have lesions on the lips?
Submandibular
Where do you palpate for enlarged lymph nodes if you have lesions on the chin?
Submental
Forms vertical wrinkles?
Corrugator Supercilii
Forms horizontal wrinkles
Procerus
Poking the posterior part of the pharnyx or uvula will exhibit this reflex.
Gag reflex
Innervates the hard palate
Trigeminal nerve
Innervates the uvula
Vagus nerve
Innervates the posterior tongue
Glossopharyngeal nerve
Innervates the anterior tongue
Trigeminal nerve
Bony skeleton of the hard palate?
Palatine process of maxilla, horizontal plate of palatine
What is embedded in the mucosa of the hard palate?
Accessory salivary glands
Blood supply of the hard palate?
Descending palatine branch of the internal maxillary artery
Depression in midline posterior to incisors?
Incisive fossa
Passes through the incisive fossa?
Nasopalatine nerve
Opening medial to the third molar tooth?
Greater palatine foramen
Opening posterior to greater palatine foramen?
Lesser palatine foramen
Passes through greater palatine foramen?
Greater palatine vessels and nerves
Passes through lesser palatine foramen?
Lesser palatine vessels and nerves
The expanded tendon of the veli palatini forms this structure?
Palatine aponeurosis
Which anatomic region of the soft palate consists of aponeurosis?
Anterior
Which anatomic region of the soft palate is mostly muscular?
Posterior
The soft palate closes off this structure in speaking, swallowing, and blowing.
Nasopharynx
Centrally located in the soft palate?
Uvula
Lateral to the soft palate?
Anterior and posterior pillars of the fauces (palatoglossal / palatopharyngeal)
Space between oral cavity and pharynx
Fauces
Constricted space that establishes connection between oral cavity proper and oropharynx?
Isthmus of fauces
Masses of lymphoid tissue on each side of oropharynx
Palatine tonsils
Houses each tonsil?
Tonsilar fossa
Secretion of the palatine glands?
Mucous
Part of gingiva that covers the lingual surface of the teeth and alveolar process?
Superior lingual gingiva
Anterior to the incisive fossa?
Incisive papilla
Lateral to the incisive papilla and assists in manipulation of food during mastication
Transverse palatine folds/rugae
Whitish streak passing posteriorly in the midline of the palate
Palatine raphe
Innervation of tensor veli palatini?
Medial pterygoid nerve (branch of v3)
Muscle of soft palate not innervated by a branch of the vagus nerve?
Tensor veli palatini
Innervates the levator veli palatini?
Pharyngeal branch of vagus nerve via pharyngeal plexus
Innervates the palatoglossus?
Pharyngeal branch of vagus nerve via pharyngeal plexus
Innervates the palatopharyngeus?
Pharyngeal branch of vagus nerve via pharyngeal plexus
What muscle elevates posterior part of the tongue and draws soft palate onto tongue?
Palatoglossus
Sensory innervation of majority of the palate?
Maxillary nerve
Sensory innervation of anterior portion of palate?
Nasopalatine branch of cn5
Sensory innervation of posterior part of hard palate?
Cn9
Sensory innervation of soft palate?
Lesser palatine nerve
Sensory innervation of gingiva and mucous membrane?
Greater palatine nerve
The greater and lesser palatine arteries are branches of what artery?
Descending palating artery
Lesser palatine artery anastomoses with what artery?
Ascending palatine artery
Venous drainage of palate
Pterygoid venous plexus
Lymphatic drainage of palate?
Deep vertical cervical chain
Structure in the surface of palatine tonsils not found in other lymphoid tissue?
Tonsillar crypts
Fibrous tissue which covers the lateral surface of palatine tonsils?
Capsule
Superior to the palatine tonsils?
Soft palate
Inferior to the palatine tonsils?
Posterior third of tongue
Lateral to the palatine tonsils
Internal carotid artery