Para-oral Tissues

Question 1

A small horse-shoe shaped region situated beneath the movable part of the tongue and above the muscular diaphragm:

Answer 1

Floor of the Oral Cavity

Question 2

The mucosa of the posterior oropharynx covering a bed of lymphatic tissue that aggregates to form the palatine, lingual, pharyngeal, and tubal tonsils:

Answer 2

Waldeyer’s Ring

Question 3

The uvula is the structure in the back of the mouth that is an extension of the:
A. Hard palate
B. Vestibule area
C. Soft palate

Answer 3

C. Soft palate

Question 4

Circumvallate papillae are seen:
A. Front of sulcus terminalis
B. Lateral border of tongue
C. Behind sulcus terminalis
D. Anterior 2/3 of tongue

Answer 4

A. Front of sulcus terminalis

Question 5

Main arterial supply to the tongue:
A. Facial artery
B. Ascending pharyngeal artery
C. Lingual artery
D. Ascending palatine artery

Answer 5

C. Lingual artery

Question 6

These areas of the oral mucosa have keratinized epithelia and long connective tissue papillae:
A. Buccal and alveolar mucosa
B. Gingiva and alveolar mucosa
C. Hard palate and gingiva
D. Hard and soft palate

Answer 6

B. Gingiva and alveolar mucosa