the mouth

Question 1

what are the general sensory functions of the mouth?

Answer 1

nociception (pain), mechanoreception (where things are), thermoreception

Question 2

what does special senory functions in the mouth detect

Answer 2

gustation (salty/bitter tatste)

Question 3

what do higher level perceptions in the mouth do

Answer 3

determine how you feel about something

Question 4

what are the motor functions of the mouth

Answer 4

feeding and communications

Question 5

what is the boundary name for lips?

Answer 5

anterior

Question 6

what is the boundary name for cheeks?

Answer 6

lateral

Question 7

what is the boundary name for floor of mouth (mylohoid) and tongue?

Answer 7

inferior

Question 8

what is the boundary name for palate?

Answer 8

superior

Question 9

what is the boundary name for fauces (behind mouth cavity)?

Answer 9

posterior

Question 10

what are the 4 jaw muscles?

Answer 10

temporalis, masseter, medial pterygoid and lateral pterygoid

Question 11

what are the 2 facial muscles?

Answer 11

oribicularis oculi and buccinator

Question 12

what are the 3 salivary glands and there secretions?

Answer 12

submandibular (seriomucinous), sublingual (mucinous) and parotid (serous)

Question 13

what is the anterior boundary of the mouth?

Answer 13

lips

Question 14

what is the posterior boundary of the mouth?

Answer 14

fauces (pillars)

Question 15

what is the superior boundary of the mouth?

Answer 15

palate

Question 16

what is the inferior boundary of the mouth?

Answer 16

mylohoid, tonhue

Question 17

where does the parotid gland secretions open into the oral cavity?

Answer 17

opposite upper 2nd molar

Question 18

where does the sublingual and submandibular gland secretions open into the oral cavity?

Answer 18

opposite lingual franulum

Question 19

which pathologies may affect the salivary glands?

Answer 19

sialolithiasis (calcified mass in salivary gland), sialodentitis (salivary gland infection), tumour

Question 20

which facial nerve passes through parotid gland, making surgery in this area difficult?

Answer 20

facial

Question 21

where are the tubular tonsils?

Answer 21

posterior to eustachian tube

Question 22

where are the pharyngeal tonsils?

Answer 22

behind nasal cavity, where nose blends to throat

Question 23

give another name for pharyngeal tonsils?

Answer 23

adenoid

Question 24

where are the palatine tonsils?

Answer 24

between fauces

Question 25

what are the tubular, pharyngeal and palatine tonsils collectively known as?

Answer 25

waldezyers ring

Question 26

what are tonsils composed of?

Answer 26

lmyphoid tissue

Question 27

where is the master muscle?

Answer 27

connecting mandible to cheekbone (zygomatic)

Question 28

name the muscles of mastication

Answer 28

master, mandible, lateral pterygoid and medial pterygoid

Question 29

what is the function of the later pterygoid?

Answer 29

depress mandible

Question 30

what is the function of the mesial pterygoid muscle?

Answer 30

elevates the mandible