Ruminant Digestive Organs of Head & Neck (30) Flashcards
Dr. Concha
What are the properties of bovine nasolabial plane and lips?
no frenulum
rigid and cornified lips - cows don’t usually use their lips to get food
Label 1-2
- nasolabial plane
- rigid & cornified lips
The _______ in the bovine has a unique pattern for each animal
nasolabial plane
What are conical papillae? Where are they found?
cornified (keratinized) papillae caudally oriented to facilitate the entrance of food
can be divided in two according to location
labial vs. buccal
Where is labial conical papillae found?
internal wall of lips
Where is buccal conical papillae?
internal wall of cheek
What are the types of conical papillae?
buccal
labial
Label 1-3
- conical papillae
- labial (internal wall of lips)
- buccal (internal wall of cheek)
What is the bovine dental pad?
fibrous elastic tissue that replace upper incisors
What ducts open into the sublingual caruncle?
sublingual salivary duct
mandibular salivary duct
Label 1-4
- dental pad
- palatine ridges
- sublingual caruncles
- conical papillae
Label 1-2
- palatine ridges
- conical papillae
What is this?
hard palate & palatine sinus
[Small/Large] ruminants have very mobile lips with an important role in prehension of food
SMALL ruminants
Label 1-2
- nasal plane
- philtrum
What is this?
conical papillae in a goat
What is the importance of the tongue in bovines?
the main organ for food prehension
very mobile
Where is the lingual fossa located?
between the body and the root of the tongue
Label 1-2
- lingual fossa
- lingual torus
What is the significance of the lingual fossa?
has very delicate mucosa in the fossa
can get pricked and become an origin for infection
Which bovine papillae have mechanical function?
conical papillae
lenticular papillae
filiform papillae
Which bovine papillae have sensory function? Assign cranial nerves to each
vallate papillae - CN IX
fungiform papillae - CN VII
Label the parts of the tongue from 1-3
- root of the tongue
- body of the tongue
- apex of the tongue
Label 1-6
- conical & lenticular papillae
- lingual torus
- lingual fossa
- filiform papillae
- vallate papillae (CN IV)
- fungiform papillae (CN VII)
Vallate papillae is CN _____, and fungiform papillae is CN _____
vallate: CN IX
fungiform: CN VII
Label 1-4
- lingual fossa
- conical papillae - mechanical
- lenticular papillae - mechanical
- vallate papillae - sensory, CN IX