Oral Cavity Columbo 10/13/16 Test #3 Flashcards
1
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Where does the oral cavity run from?
A
-Mouth (oral fissure) to the ororpharynx
2
Q
What are the function of teeth?
A
Survive repeated cyclical loading
3
Q
What are the two parts of the oral cavity?
A
- Oral vestibule
- Oral cavity proper
4
Q
Where is the oral vestibule?
A
Between the teeth and the cheeks/lips
5
Q
Where is the oral cavity proper?
A
Inside of the teeth
6
Q
What is the superior border of the oral cavity?
A
Hard palate
Soft palate
7
Q
What is the anterior border of the oral cavity?
A
-Lips
8
Q
What is the lateral wall of the oral cavity?
A
Cheeks
9
Q
What is the inferior border of the oral cavity?
A
-Mucous membrane covering mylohyoid muscle
10
Q
What is the posterior border of the oral cavity?
A
-Oropharyngeal isthmus
11
Q
What type of epithelium do you find in the oral cavity?
A
-Stratified squamous both keratinized and nonkeratinized
12
Q
How often is the epithelium in the oral mucosa renewed?
A
1-2 weeks
13
Q
What is the epithelium derived from?
A
Ectoderm
14
Q
What is the layer under the epithelial layer?
A
Lamina propria
15
Q
What is the lamina propria?
A
Underlying connective tissue
16
Q
What are the epithelial projections into the lamina propria called?
A
-Rete pegs
17
Q
T/F
Lamina propria contains many lymphocytes in loose aggregates
A
True
18
Q
What type of rete pegs does the lining mucosa have?
A
- Flatter
- Rounded
19
Q
What type of rete pegs do you find in the masticatory mucosa?
A
Sharper and more pronounced
20
Q
What type of mucosa do you find in the cheeks?
A
Lining mucosa
21
Q
What type of mucosa do you find in the gingiva?
A
-Masticatory mucosa
22
Q
What type of mucosa do you find in parts of the dorsum of the tongue?
A
-Masticatory mucosa
23
Q
What type of mucosa do you find in the inside of the lips?
A
-Lining mucosa
24
Q
What type of mucosa do you find in the floor of the mouth?
A
-Lining mucosa
25
What type of mucosa do you find in the hard palate?
-Masticatory mucosa
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What type of mucosa do you find on the ventral tongue?
-Lining mucosa
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What type of mucosa do you find in the soft palate?
-Lining mucosa
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Is the lining mucosa keratinized or non keratinized?
-Non-keratinized
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Is the masticatory mucosa keratinized or non-keratinized?
-Keratinized
30
What are the three main divisions of the oral mucosa?
- Lining
- Masticatory
- Specialized
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Where do you find the specialized mucosa?
-Taste buds on the dorsal and lateral surfaces of the tongue
32
T/F
| The oral mucoperiosteum has submucosa
False
| It has no submucosa
33
T/F
| The oral mucoperiosteum has a robust lamina propria attached directly to bone
True
34
Which type of mucosa structure has no submucosa?
Oral mucoperiosteum
35
What defines Orthokeratinized epithelium?
-No nuclei visible in keratin layer
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What defines parakeratinized epithelium?
-Some nuclei retained in keratin layer
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What are the five layers of the keratin epithelium?
- Stratum corneum
- Stratum granulosum
- Stratum spinosum (Prickle)
- Stratum basal
38
What layer do you find stem cells and hemidesmosomes?
Stratum basal
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What layer do you find Desmosomes?
-Stratum spinosum
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What layer do you find keratohyalin granules?
-Stratum granulosum
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What layer do you find lamellar granules and lipid coating?
-Stratum granulosum
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What layer do you find Anucleate then acellular layer of stacks of cross-linked keratin coated with lipids?
-Stratum corneum
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What two layers does non-keratinized epithelium lack?
- Stratum corneum
| - Stratum granulosum
44
Why does lining mucosa lack stratum granulosa?
-It is non-keratinized meaning it lacks keratinhyaline granules
45
What region of the body are you probably dealing with if you have no keratin, and no taste buds on stratified squamous epithelium?
-Oral cavity (lining mucosa)
46
T/F
| You have a good possibility of finding glandular tissue in the soft palate
True
47
Where in the oral cavity will you find both stratified squamous epithelium and respiratory epithelium?
Soft palate
48
Why do you find respiratory epithelium in the soft palate?
It separates the oral and nasal cavities
49
What is the function of masticatory epithelium?
Withstand abrasion
50
In the hard palate what does the lamina propria often bind directly to?
Bone
51
Where does the gingiva cover?
-Upper and lower part of alveolar bone and "necks of teeth
52
What are the three types of gingiva?
- Attached
- Free or Marginal
- Interdental
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What is attached gingiva?
-Firmly bound to bone around roots of teeth, and stippled
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What is Free or Marginal gingiva?
-Lies unattached around cervical region of teeth
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What is interdental gingiva?
-The part of gingiva between teeth
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What delineates the attached gingiva from alveolar mucosa?
-Mucogingival line
57
What is the transition between masticatory and lining mucosa?
-Mucogingival line
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What is unique about the lamina propria in the alveolar mucosa?
Looser with many elastic fibers
59
T/F
| The attached gingiva has many collagen bundles
True
60
T/F
| The outside of the lips is non-keratinized
False
| The outside of the lips is keratinized
61
Where do we transition to the labial mucosa?
- Mucocutaneous junction
| - Intermediate zone
62
T/F
| The transitional zone is parakeratinized
True
63
What percentage of cells in the oral mucosa are keratinocytes?
90%
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What are the remaining 10% of cells of the oral mucosa?
- Langerhan cells
- Merkel cells
- Melanocytes
65
Where do you find langerhan cells?
-Stratum spinosum
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What is the function of langerhan cells?
-Bind antigens and present them to T cells
67
What do Merkel cells do?
-Touch receptors which synapse with sensory nerves
68
What do melanocytes do?
- Produce melanin
| - Provide pigmentation
69
How much of the tongue does specialized mucosa cover?
Anterior two thirds
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What are the four types of papillae?
- Filiform
- Fungiform
- Foliate
- Circumvallate
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What type of papillae is the majority in the tongue and has no taste buds?
-Filiform
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What type of papillae is larger than filiform and found mostly at the tip of the tongue?
-Fungiform
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What type of papillae is found along the posterior side of the tongue?
-Foliate
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What type of papillae do you find along the junction of the body and base of the tonsillar area?
-Circumvallate
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What does filiform papillae have?
- Friction grip
- No taste buds
- Anterior 2/3 of tongue
- Keratinized epithelium
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What does fungiform papillae have?
- Nonkeratinized epithelium
- Mushroom like
- Anterior part of tongue
- Taste buds on upper surface
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What does foliate papillae have?
- Non-keratinized epithelium
- Side of tongue
- Taste buds on crypts
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What does circumvallate papillae have?
- Keratinized epithelium
- Posterior part of tongue
- 10-12 of them
- taste buds
- Von Ebners glands
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What is the function of von ebners glands?
Serous salivary glands to wash out crypts
80
What type of specialized sensory cells are found in the tongue?
-Taste buds
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How do we get different tastes?
-Tastes come from binding different receptors
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T/F
| There are distinct regions for different tastes
False
| There are no distinct regions
83
How does the taste get to the taste pit?
-Taste pore
84
What are the four functions of saliva?
- Lubrication
- Buffering
- Digestion
- Protection
85
How does saliva protect the mouth?
Washes out bacteria
Secretes lactoferrin, lysozyme, and defensins
-Transports IgA
86
What does saliva buffer the mouth?
- Bicarbonate
| - Phosphate ions
87
How does the saliva help in digestion?
-Secrete amylase
88
What are the three major salivary glands?
- Parotid
- Submandibular
- Sublingual
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What is unique about the parotid gland?
-Large and mostly serous secretions
90
What is unique about the submandibular gland?
Mixed secretions but still mostly serous
91
What is unique about the sublingual glands?
-Mixed secretions but mostly mucous
92
Why are serous cells darker staining?
-Higher protein content than mucous cells
93
What does the parotid gland secrete?
A-Amylase
94
What percentage of saliva is the parotid gland responsible for?
25%
95
What does the submandibular gland secrete?
-Amylase and mucin
96
What percentage of saliva is the submandibular gland responsible for?
60-67%
97
What percentage of saliva is the sublingual gland responsible for?
3-5%
98
What type of cells are mixed with the secretory cells to push saliva out?
-Myoepithelial cells
99
T/F
| The end product of saliva is hypotonic contains enzymes and also bicarbonate
True
100
Where is the first place that saliva flows?
-Intercalated ducts
101
Where does saliva flow from the intercalated ducts?
-Onto the striated ducts
102
What makes the salivary glands different than the pancreas?
-Striated ducts
