Throat Flashcards
What are the functions of the oral cavity?
Digestion
Communication
Breathing
What are the 2 parts of the oral cavity?
Oral vestibule
Oral cavity proper
What is the oral vestibule?
Bit between the lips and the teeth
What controls the diameter of the oral vestibule?
Muscles of facial expression
Principally the orbiculairs oris
Where does the oral vestibule communicate with the oral cavity proper?
Space behind the 3rd molar
What are the 2 parts of the oral roof?
Hard palate
Soft palate
Where is the hard palate found?
Found anteriorly
What is the hard palate?
Composed of the palatine bone
Separates the oral cavity from nasal cavity
Where is the soft palate found?
Posteriorly of the oral roof
What type of structure does the soft palate have?
Muscular
What is the purpose of the soft palate during swallowing?
Can elevate to separate the nasopharynx from the oropharynx during swallowing
Where does the parotid duct open into?
Opposite the upper 2nd molar
Which muscle does the parotid duct pierce?
Pierces the buccinator muscle
What are the 2 lobes of the submandibular gland?
Superficial and deep lobes
Which muscle separates the superficial and deep love of the submandibular gland
Mylohyoid muscle
Which muscle does the submandibular gland lie superiorly to?
Digastric muscle
What are the functions of the oral cavity?
Taste Mastication Speech Digestion Swallowing
What tissue is the tongue composed of?
Skeletal muscle
What is the tongue covered by?
Mucous membrane
Which structure splits the tongue into 2 parts?
Sulcus Terminalis
Which nerve supplies sensation to the anterior 2/3 of the tongue?
Lingual branch of V3
Which nerve supplies taste sensation to the anterior 2/3 of the tongue?
Chorda tympani
From which branchial arch does the anterior 2/3 of the tongue develop from?
1st branch
From which branchial arch does the posterior 1.4 of the tongue develop from?
3rd branchial arch
Which nerve supplies bot sensory and taste of the posterior 1/3 of the tongue?
CN IX