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Oral Cavity, Salivary Glands and Teeth Flashcards

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What are the Lips

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  • Soft fleshy folds

- Shape entrance to oral cavity

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What is the roof of oral cavity made of

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-hard and soft palates

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what is the inferior of oral cav made of

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-tongue

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4
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oral cavity surrounds…

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  • cheeks
  • salivary glands
  • teeth
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5
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What is the pharynx

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  • located posteriorly

- continues with oesophagus

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6
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Structure of taste receptors

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  • fungiform papillae
  • foliate papillae
  • vallate papillae
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Cranial nerves of tongue

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  • Vagus (CN 10)
  • Glossopharyngeal (CN 9)
  • Facial (CN 5)
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What are Fungiform Papillae

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  • mushroom shaped projections
  • generally red
  • Found upper surface
  • Found tip and sides
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What is the foliate papillae

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  • 4-5 short vertical folds
  • present on side of tongue
  • taste buds scattered over the mucous membrane of their surface
  • serous glands drain into folds to clean taste buds
    lingual tonsils behind the foliate papillae
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What is the vallate papillae

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  • dome shaped
  • vary in number (8-12)
  • on surface of tongue and immediately anterior to lingual tonsils
  • form a row on either side of tongue
  • papilla are 1-2mm wide, cone shaped, contain many taste buds (120-250)
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What are the three salivary glands

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  • Parotid gland (under ear)
  • Submandibular Gland (underneath area of mandible)
  • Sublingual gland (under tongue, in front of submandibular glands)
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What does the parotid gland do

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  • releases saliva into oral cavity via parotid duct
  • largest salivary gland
  • paired right and left
  • wrapped around ramus of madible
  • releases saliva into oral cavity via parotid duct
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what is the submandibular gland

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  • Releases saliva into submandibular duct under tip of tongue
  • produces 60-70% of saliva
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What is the Sublingual gland

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  • releases saliva from 8-20 excretory ducts
  • mucous secretions
  • produces 5% saliva
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Quadrants of teeth

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  • upper right
  • upper left
  • lower right
  • lower left
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Structure of teeth

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  • central incisor
  • lateral incisor
  • canines
  • premolar
  • first - third molars
  • third molar (wisdom teeth)
17
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How many deciduous teeth do children have

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  • 20
  • 10 in maxilla
  • 10 in mandible
18
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Structure of childrens teeth

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  • central incisors
  • lateral incisors
  • first and second molars
19
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How many permanent teeth

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  • 32
  • 16 in maxilla
  • 16 in mandible
20
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Regions of teeth

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  • Crown
  • Neck
  • Root

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