Oral Cavity Larynx and Pharynx Flashcards
What are the borders of the oral cavity?
roof: palate
floor: mylohyoid
anterior: lips
posterior: pharynx
lateral: buccal region
What is a cosmetically important way to hide scarring?
try and place incisions within natural lines of the face like the nasolabial groove
What 2 structures outline the palatine tonsils?
anteriorly: palatoglossal muscle/fold
posteriorly: palatopharyngeal muscle/fold
Name the different gingiva
buccal: part against cheek
labial: behind lips
lingual: on the inside where tongue is
What are the names of the teeth that aren’t molars?
central incisors; lateral incisors; canines
What a. and n. come through the incisive foramen?
sphenopalatine a. and nasopalatine n.
What bone fails to fuse in the roof of the mouth in a celft palate?
maxillary bone
What n. and a. travel through the palatine foramen?
greater and lesser palatine nerve and artery
What nerve and artery supply the hard palate?
greater palatine nerve and artery
What nerve and artery supply the soft palate?
the lesser palatine nerve and artery
the greater and lesser palatine nerve are both branches of what?
V2 (sensation of maxilla)
The palatine arteries are branches of what?
maxillary a. (it supplies lingual surface and maxillary teeth as well as buccal surface and lower teeth)
Within the orbit, where does V2 come out?
inferior orbital fissure
What are the greater and lesser palatine nerves carrying?
SA (b/c branch of V2)
What ganglion is coming off of V2?
ptyergopalatine ganglion
What nerves descend off of the ptyergopalatine ganglion?
descending palatine nerves that turn into greater and lesser palatines
What is the route of the nasopalatine nerve and what is it a branch of?
a branch of V2; comes down through the incisive canal to supply the lingual surface of the maxillary incisors
What hole does the dentist try to hit for anesthesia when working on the incisors?
incisive canal (nasopalatine n.)
What artery supplies most of the nasal cavity?
sphenopalatine artery
sphenopalatine artery is a branch of what artery?
maxillary
sphenopalatine artery travels through what fissure to supply the nasal cavity?
pterygopalatine fissure
What is the tongue muscle proper?
genioglossus (the 1 intrinsic muscle of the tongue)
What duct opens up at the base of the frenulum causing you to gleak?
submandibular duct
Pain from maxillary sinusitis would be caused by branches of which nerve?
V2
What nerve innervates ALL muscles of the tongue (genio or glossus in the name), minus one.
CN XII hypoglossal
What is the only muscle of the tongue that is not innervated by CN XII?
palatoglossus
What nerve innervate palatoglossus?
Vagus
What is the only intrinsic muscle of the tongue?
genioglossus
What is the organ of articulation?
tongue
What structure divides the tongue into the anterior 2/3 and posterior 1/3?
sulcus teminalis