Oral Cavity and Salivary Glands Flashcards
Roof of oral cavity
Hard and soft palate
Floor of oral cavity
Anterior 2/3 of tongue
Anterior boundary of pharynx
Posterior 1/3 of tongue
Oral vaity from
Lips to oropharyngeal junction
Hard palate is covered by
Mucosa
Hard palate divided into
Anterior 2/3 from palatine process of maxilla
Posterior 1/3 from horizonal plate of palatine
Soft palate
Fibromuscular fold suspended from hard palate
Palate divdes
Regions of pharynx
Naso-above
Oro-below
Anterior Sensory innervation to palate
Nasopalatine
How does nasoplaatine enter palate
Incisive foramen
Where does nasopalatine come from?
Maxillary division
Posterior palate sensory innervation
Greater palatine - muscoa of hard plate
Lesser palatine - muscosa of soft palate
Palatoglossal fold
Anterior arch of oropharynx…contains palatoglossus muscle
Palatopharyngeal fold
Posterior arch of oropharynx
Palatopharynxgeus muscle
Palatine tonsil lies
In tonsillar crypt between palatoglossal fold and palatopharyngeal fold
Levator palati
Elevator of soft palate
CN 10