Oral Cavity and Ptergopalatine Fossa Flashcards
What four skeletal bones contribute to the oral cavity?
- Cranium
- Maxilla
- Mandible
- Hyoid bond (on top of the larynx)
What bone makes up the lateral and anterior margin of the mouth proper?
Mandible
The mylohyoid muscles attach to the oral cavity at this ridge.
mylohyoid line
Where might you find the submandibular and sublingual glands in the oral cavity?
the submandibular and sublingual fossae
What muscles attach to the superior and inferior mental spines?
genioglossus and geniohyoid muscles
Inferior and posterior to the mandible, you would find this U shaped bone.
hyoid bone
What are the three parts of the hyoid bone?
- Body
- Greater horn
- Lesser horn
This structure runs from the styloid process of the temporal bone and the lesser horn of the hyoid.
stylohyoid ligament
From which part of the hyoid bone does the stylohyoid ligament extend?
the lesser horn
Which muscle fibers of the oral cavity are contained by the lips?
orbicularis oris
What muscle of the oral cavity makes up part of the lateral boundaries, at is attached to both the maxilla and the mandible?
Buccinator muscle
List and describe the two subspaces of the oral cavity.
- oral vestibule: (The space that is in between the teeth and the mucosa of the cheek.) This space is external to the teeth and internal to the buccinators and lips
- mouth proper: remainder of the oral cavity: bound by teeth, tongue, palate, mandible and oropharynx posteriorly
Which subspace of the oral cavity is lined with oral mucosa?
Trick question: both of the spaces are lined with oral mucosa! oral vestibule and mouth proper
What is the posterior boundary of the mouth proper?
oropharynx
The oral cavity, including the musculoskeletal components, tongue and glands are lined with _________.
oral mucosa
What structures interrupt the oral mucosa?
The oral mucosa is interrupted in several locations by the termination of glands.
What boundary of the oral cavity is formed by the hard palate?
The hard palate forms the roof of the oral cavity.
What bones contribute to the hard palate?
palatine process of the maxilla, horizontal plate of the palatine bone
What muscle is associated with the hamulus of the medial pterygoid plate?
tensor veli palatini
The soft palate attaches to the posterior portion of the hard palate by attaching to this portion of the palate skeleton…
posterior nasal spine
What three foramina are located in the hard palate and responsible for the transmission of neurovasculature?
- incisive canals
- greater palatine foramina
- lesser palatine foramina
Name the four muscles that attach to the soft palate.
- tensor veli palatini
- levator veli palatini
- palatopharyngeus
- palatoglossus
Where in the oral cavity will you find the musculus uvulae?
In the soft palate, posterior and inferior to the hard palate.
Which muscles of the oral cavity, when covered by mucosa, form the arches that bound the oral cavity from the oropharynx?
- palatopharyngeus muscle
2. palatoglossus muscle
Which two muscles of the oral cavity join the soft palate from superior attachments?
Levator veli palatini
Tensor veli palatini
How is the tensor veli palatine muscle associated with the hard palate?
It hooks around the hamulus of the medial pterygoid plate.
What is the blood supply for the hard palate?
greater palatine artery