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The Oral Mucosa and Gingivae Flashcards

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What are the functions of the oral mucosa

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  • Mechanical protection against both compressive and shearing forces
  • Barrier against bacteria, toxins, antigens
  • Immunological defences (humoral and cell-mediated
    immunity)
  • Contains minor salivary glands that lubricate the mucosa
  • Innervation (sensory nerve endings for touch, pain, taste)
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What are the 3 functional classes of the oral mucosa

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  1. Masticatory
  2. Lining
  3. Specialised
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Where is the masticatory mucosa found, is it keratinised and describe its lamina propria

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  • in areas of high compression and friction
  • gingivae, hard palate
  • highly keratinized and thick lamina propria
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Where is the lining mucosa found, is it keratinised and describe its lamina propria

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• in areas that must be mobile and distensible
• cheeks, lips, alveolar mucosa, floor of mouth, ventral
surface of tongue, soft palate
• non-keratinized and loose lamina propria

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Where is the specialised mucosa found

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  • dorsal surface of the tongue (because of taste buds)

* vermilion of lips (transition between skin-oral mucosa)

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What kind of epithelium is in the oral mucosa

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Stratified Squamous epithelium

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What are the properties/features of the Lamina Propria

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Connective tissue
Mainly fibroblasts
ECM rich in collagen
Capillaries and nerve endings

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Where is the sub-mucosa and what does it consist of

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Under the muscularis mucosa
Loose CT
Fat deposits
Glands
Nerves (probably intrinsic)
Blood vessels
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What are the different categories of stratified squamous epithelium

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Keratinised
Non-keratinised
Parakeratinised

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What is the surface of keratinised epithelium made of and what is it filled with

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Surface made of non-viable cells without nuclei, filled with keratins (stratum corneum)

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What is the surface of non-keratinised epithelium made of

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Surface consists of all viable cells with nuclei

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What is the surface of parakeratinised epithelium made of

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Surface made of some non-viable cells without nuclei, and some apoptotic cells with shrivelled nuclei

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What are the different layers of the keratinised epithelium

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Stratum Corneum - keratinised layer
Stratum Granulosum - granular layer
Stratum Spinosum - prickle cell layer
Stratum Germinativum - stratum basale or basal layer

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What does the stratum germinativum (basale) contain a lot of and what is its role

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  • Contains a lot of progenitor cells

- Gives rise to the epithelial layers above it

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What are the cells of the stratum spinosum like and what is its role

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  • Prickly (spinous), Larger and rounder cells, connected by desmosomes
  • Produces keratins that are resistant fibrous cytoskeletal proteins that are composed of intermediate filaments (found in all epithelia)
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What are the cells of the stratum granulosum like and what granules can be found

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  • Cells become larger, flatter and more mature in this layer

- Cytoplasm gradually fills with keratinohyaline granules

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What are the cells of the stratum corneum like and what is this layer’s role

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  • Cells lose all organelles and completely fill with keratins.
  • Provides mechanical protection to the mucosa
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What allows the stratum corneum cells to shed off for the physiological turnover of epithelial tissue

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The desmosomes disappear

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What kind of proteins are keratins

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Structural

20
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Where are a lot of keratins found

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Epithelial cells and hair

21
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What are the layers of non-keratinised epithelium

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Superficial cells
Stratum Intermedium
Stratum Spinosum
Stratum Germinativum

22
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What are the cells of the stratum intermedium like and how is it different from the stratum granulosum

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  • Cells become larger, flatter and more mature

- No keratinohyaline granules

23
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What are the cells of the superficial layer like

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Nuclei present in cells

Desmosomes disappear, allowing cells to shed off and physiological turnover

24
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What is the basement membrane found between

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It is the interface between the epithelium and connective tissue

25
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What is the role of the basal lamina

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Provides mechanical adhesion of epithelium to connective tissue and, at the same time, acts as barrier between them

26
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What synthesises the basal lamina

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Synthesized by cells of the stratum germinativum

27
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What are the 2 layers of the basal lamina

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  • Lamina lucida: adjacent to epithelium (laminin)

- Lamina densa: adjacent to connective tissue (collagen IV)

28
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What is the role of hemidesmosomes in the basement membrane

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structures on the cell side of basal lamina that link basement membrane to epithelial cells

29
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What is the lamina propria

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Connective tissue underlying the epithelium

30
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Describe the collagen fibres in the superficial and deep layers of the lamina propria

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Superficial - thin, loosely arranged collagen fibres

Deep - thick parallel bundles of collagen fibres

31
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What protein is there a lot of in the lamina propria

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Collagen

32
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What is the role of the fibroblasts in the lamina propria

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Producing the ECM

33
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What defence cells are in the lamina propria

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  • Macrophages
  • Lymphocytes
  • Mast cells
34
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Name as many areas of the oral mucosa that have thin epithelia as you can

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Floor of Mouth
Alveolar mucosa
Vermilion zone (lips)
Tongue (ventral)

35
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Name as many areas of the oral mucosa that have thick epithelia as you can

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Tongue (dorsal)
Soft Palate
Hard Palate
Labial - buccal
Gingivae
36
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Name as many parts of the oral mucosa with a keratinised epithelia as you can

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Vermilion zone (lips)
Tongue (dorsal)
Hard Palate
Gingivae

37
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Name as many parts of the oral mucosa with a non-keratinised epithelia as you can

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Floor of mouth
Alveolar mucosa
Tongue (ventral)
Soft Palate
Labial-veccal
38
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What is leukoplakia and what are some risk factors

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  • White lesion of the oral mucosa
  • Increased thickness of keratinised layer
  • Associated with smoking and infection
  • Can exhibit malignant transformation
39
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In the gingiva point out the “knife edge” papillae, gingival crevice, free gingiva, attached gingiva and mucogingival junction

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knife edge papillae = thinnest part between teeth

40
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What is the gingival sulcus

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Small crevice between gums and enamel of tooth

41
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What is the difference between gingival, sulcular and junctional epithelium

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Gingival - epithelium of normal gums
Sulcular - epithelium in the sulcus, not touching enamel
Junctional - epithelium touching the enamel

42
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What does the CT under the gingival epithelium connect the epithelium to

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Alveolar bone

43
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Is the sulcular epithelium keratinised and how deep is the gingival sulcus when healthy

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Non-keratinised

0.5-2mm. deep in health

44
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Is the junctional epithelium keratinised and what connects it to the enamel

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Non keratinised

Hemidesmosomes

45
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What does the permeability of the junctional epithelium allow for

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Tissue fluid and immune cells to pass through into the gingival sulcus for defence against invading oral bacteria

46
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What are some symptoms of chronic gingivitis, gotta get all sciencey to get this right

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  • Heavy neutrophil emigration into the enlarge gingival crevice
  • entensive gingival plaque
  • no loss of CT attachment
  • Plasma cell dominated inflammatory infiltrate
47
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What are some symptoms of chronic periodontitis

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  • Gingival recession with fibrosis in CT
  • Continued extension of sub gingival plaque
  • Extension of inflammatory infiltrate
  • Apical migration and ulceration of the junctional epithelium
  • Alveolar bone resorption and periodontal ligament loss

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