oral mucosa and periodontium Flashcards
oral mucosa functions
1) protection
- deeper tissues protected from environment
- barrier to microbes
2) secretion
- saliva
- sebaceous (insignificant)
3) thermoregulation
- heat is dissipated in dogs
4) sensation
- taste buds
- temperature touch and pain
masticatory mucosa
1) gingiva and hard palate
2) mastication role
lining mucosa
1) buccal, labial, alveolar, floor of mouth, soft palate
2) lining tissue
specialized mucosa
1) tongue with taste buds
clinical features
1) teeth
2) gingiva
3) vestibule
4) buccal mucosa
5) labial mucosa
6) alveolar mucosa
- covers alveolar bone
gingiva types
1) marginal / free gingiva
- around the tooth
2) attached
- below
3) interdental
4) mucogingival junction / groove
- separates attached from the alveolar mucosa
healthy oral mucosa
1) stippling pattern
2) fordyce granules
- yellow spots
-sebaceous glands in LP
3) salivary glands in submucosa
oral mucosa
1) epithelium
- SS
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connective tissue papilla with rete pegs interdigitate
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2) lamina propria
- mainly collagen type I and elastic
3) submucosa
- rich in fat, vessels, nerves
4) bone and periosteum or muscle
keratinization of oral mucosa
1) orthokeratization
2) parakertinization
3) nonkeratinization
orthokeratinization
1) basal cell layer
- cuboidal cells
2) prickel cell layer
- spherical cells
3) granular layer
- flat cells with keratohyaline granules
4) keratinized layer
- no nuclei
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1) masticatory mucosa
2) specialized mucosa
parakeratinization
1) picnotic nuclei are retained in many oral squamous cells
2) keratinized
nonkeratinized
1) lining tissue
2) intermediate layer and superficial layer above the prickel cell layer
linea alba
1) growth of keratin on the mucous membrane
2) linea alba (chronic cheek bite)
- variation in keratinization of nonkeratinized buccal mucosa
- most common form of frictional keratosis
hyperkeratotic epithelium
1) chronic irritation such as tobacco smoke causes keratinization of epithelium
intercellular junctions
1) barrier to microbes (cohesiveness)
2) cohesion is provided by protein carbohydrate complexes
- from epithelial cells themselves
3) desmosomes /macula adherens
- stratum spinosum
- tonofilaments are bundles of intermediate filaments
4) hemidesmosomes
- epithelium to CT below
5) gap junctions are occasionally seen
6) tight junctions are rare
nonkeratinocyte
1) 10%
2) melanocytes
3) langerhans cells
4) merkel cell
5)lymphocytes
permability and absorption
1) floor of mouth
2) one of the thinnest areas
3) drugs absorbed here
hard palate
1) keratinized ss
2) rugae
- permanent
3) interdental papilla
4) mucoperiosteium
- firmly attached to bone
5) fat cushions and protects nerves and vessels
soft palate
1) deep pink and yellowish hue
2) moist
3) compressible and elastic
4) speech and swallowing
5) NKSS
sulcus terminalis
1) foramen cecum marks the beginning