Suprahyoid & Tongue Flashcards
What is the oral vestibule?
-The area between the teeth and the lips
What innervates the mylohyoid?
-inferior alveolar nerve of V3
=Nerve to mylohyoid
What innervates the anterior belly of the digastric?
-inferior alveolar nerve of V3
What innervates the stylohyoid?
-facial nerve
What innervates the posterior belly of the digastric?
-Facial nerve
What innervates the Geniohyoid?
C1
Where does the lingual nerve (V3) pass in relation to the submandibular (Wharton’s) duct?
Lateral to the duct over hyoglossus
-Medial to duct at anterior of oral cavity
**double crosses
What tongue muscles are innervated by the hypoglossal nerve?
-all muscles ending in -Glossus exceptr for the palatoglossus
What nerve relays taste information from the posterior 1/3 of the tongue?
-glossopharyngeal (IX)
What nerve relays taste information from the epiglottis?
Vagus
What part of the mandible can a dentist palpate to find the location for injection to deaden the inferior alveolar nerve?
lingula
What ligament attaches to the lingula of the mandible?
-sphenomandibular
Where does CN IX run in relation to the hyoglossus muscle?
-medial to the hyoglossus
Where does the lingual nerve run in relation to the hyoglossus muscle?
-superior and lateral to the hyoglossus
Where does CN XII (hypoglossal) run in relation to the hyoglossus?
lateral to the hyoglossus
