Palate Flashcards
What are the 4 bones that the hard palate is composed of?
right and left maxilla, right and left palatine
What kind of epithelium for the hard palate?
keratinised stratified squamous
What kind of epithelium for the soft palate?
non-keratinised stratified squamous
What is the palatine raphe?
fusion of palatal shelves
What is cleft palate due to?
failure of lateral palatine processes to meet and fuse
4 complication of cleft palate?
speech, dental health, feeding and hearing
What foramen does the branch of the nasopalatine pass through?
incisive foramen
What does the branch of the nasopalatine nerve supply?
palatal gingivae of anterior teeth and mucosa of anterior palate
Where do retropharyngeal nodes?
retropharyngeal space
What does the jugulodigastric node drain?
palatine tonsil
Where do deep cervical nodes drain?
carotid sheath
Where do submandibular nodes drain?
in the neck superficial to the submandibular gland
What are the arches of the soft palate made of?
skeletal muscle covered in mucosa
What are the 5 pairs of muscles of the soft palate?
levator veli palatini, tensor veli palatini, musculus uvulae, palatoglossus and palatopharngeus
What are the skeletal muscles of the soft palate supplied by?
CNs X/XI except tensor veli palatini (CNV3)