Unit 1 Oral Cavity Flashcards
What is the roof of the oral cavity called?
Palate
What makes up the floor of the oral cavity?
Tongue and oral mucosa supported by the mylohyoid and geniohyoid muscles
What are the anterior and lateral boundaries of the oral cavity?
Lips and cheeks
What is the posterior boundary of the oral cavity?
Oropharyngeal isthmus demarcated by the palatoglossal arch
What two parts are the divisions of the oral cavity?
Oral vestibule and oral cavity proper
What is the oral vestibule?
Portion of the oral cavity which lies between the lips and gums or cheeks and gums (external to tooth rows)
What are the two openings into the oral vestibule?
Labial glands and the parotid duct
What are the labial glands?
Small salivary ducts
Where is the parotid duct?
Opens lateral to the maxillary second molar within the vestibule
What is the oral cavity proper?
Portion of the cavity that lies internal to the tooth rows
What is the philtrum?
Median groove seen externally which extends from the nose to the vermilion border of the upper lip
On what structure does cleft lip occur?
Philtrum
What connects each lip to its corresponding gum?
Frenulum
What do the lips contain?
Orbicularis oris muscle and labial glands
What is the significance of the orbicularis oris muscle?
Sphincter muscle for facial expression
What do cheeks contain?
Buccinator muscle and buccal glands
What is the function of the buccinator muscle?
Pushes food medially in chewing positioning it over the teeth for mastication
In which direction is the palate arched?
Transversely and anteroposteriorly
What part of the palate forms the anterior two thirds of the palate?
Hard palate
What part of the palate forms the posterior one third of the palate?
Soft palate
What is the bony partition between the nasal and oral cavities?
Hard palate
What does the hard palate consist of?
Palatine process of the maxilla (anteriorly) and the horizontal plate of the palatine bone (posteriorly)
What foramina make up the hard palate?
Incisive, greater palatine, and lesser palatine
Which foramen transmits the nasopalatine nerves (sensory)?
Incisive
Which foramina transmit nerves and vessels of the same name?
Greater and lesser palatine
What covers the hard palate?
Mucoperiosteum
What is the line going down the hard palate that is formed from the mucoperiosteum called?
Palatine raphe (seam)
What are the lines on the hard palate that extend laterally within the mucoperiosteum and aid in gripping food against the tongue during mastication?
Transverse palatine folds
What prevents food or fluid from entering the nose?
Soft palate
What function does the soft palate have during swallowing?
Elevates to close the opening between the nasopharynx and oropharynx
What are the two lateral arches of the soft palate?
Palatoglossal arch and palatopharyngeal (each with their respective muscle and fold)
What is the median projection of the soft palate?
Uvula
What lies between the palatoglossal and palatopharyngeal arches on each side and what does it contain?
Tonsillar fossa, palatine tonsil
Which tonsil is most frequently prone to infection (tonsillitis?
Palatine
What are the muscles of the soft palate?
Musculus uvulae, levator veli palatini, tenso veli palatini
What is the origin of the musculus uvulae?
Posterior nasal spine
What is the insertion of the musculus uvulae?
Mucous membrane of uvula
What is the innervation of the musculus uvulae?
Vagus nerve via the pharyngeal plexus
What is the function of the musculus uvulae?
Elevates the uvula
What is the origin of the levator veli palatini?
Inferior surface of temporal bone
What is the insertion of the levator veli palatini?
Aponeurosis of soft palate
What is the innervation of the levator veli palatini?
Vagus nerve via the pharyngeal plexus
What is the function of the levator veli palatini?
Elevates the soft palate
What is the origin of the tensor veli palatini?
Scaphoid fossa of the medial pterygoid plate, pharyngotympanic tube
What is the insertion of the tensor veli palatini?
The tendon winds around the pterygoid hamulus an inserts into the aponeurosis of the soft palate
What is the innervation of the tensor veli palatini?
Mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve (V)
What is the function of the tensor veli palatini?
Tenses soft palate, opens pharyngotympanic tube
Which muscle of the soft palate acts as a pulley?
Tensor veli palatini
Which muscle of the soft palate is active during ear aches and airplane rides by pulling the pharyngotympanic tube open to equalize pressure?
Tensor veli palatini
What is the innervation of the hard palate itself?
Greater palatine and nasopalatine nerves
What is the innervation of the soft palate itself?
Lesser palatine nerve
What is the blood supply for the hard palate?
Greater palatine artery (from maxillary)