Oral Cavity (Lateral View)

Question 1

What is the entrance of the oral cavity bound by?

Answer 1

bound by lips (two mucosal folds)

Question 2

what forms the core of the lips

Answer 2

orbicularis muscles

Question 3

what forms the roof of the oral cavity?

Answer 3

1) hard palate

2) soft palate

Question 4

what is the hard palate made of?

Answer 4

1) maxillary bones

2) palatine bones

Question 5

what is the soft palate made of?

Answer 5

1) mucosal folds
2) muscular core
3) uvula

Question 6

F: muscular core of soft palate

Answer 6

allow soft palate to move upward and stretch horizontally to separate the oral cavity from the nasal cavity during swallowing so that food only goes up)

Question 7

what is the uvula?

Answer 7

a soft, conical tissue structure in the posterior of the soft palate of the oral cavity

Question 8

what is the floor of the oral cavity made of?

Answer 8

suprahyoid muscles

Question 9

what divides the oral cavity into its regions?

Answer 9

dental arches

Question 10

what are the two regions of the oral cavity?

Answer 10

1) oral vestibule

2) oral cavity proper

Question 11

oral vestibule

Answer 11

horseshoe shaped region of the oral cavity outside the dental arches and behind the lips

Question 12

oral cavity proper

Answer 12

region of oral cavity behind dental arches (where our tongue is located)