Unit 2 - part 1 Flashcards
What are the 3 NORMAL layers of oral mucosa?
Oral Epi (OE) Lamina Propria (gingival connective tissue) Submucosa
_______ tissue covers the hard palate and the attached and free gingiva?
Masticatory
The cheeks and the soft palate are covered with _____ mucosa
lining
Non-Masticatory mucosa covers what surfaces?
Vestibules Alveolar Mucosa
All cellular mitosis occurs where?
Basal Lamina
What structure separates the OE from the connective tissue?
Basement Membrane
What term is used to describe the process of cellular growth going from the bottom layer (basement membrane) up to the surface?
Orthokeratinization
Cells form on the _____ _______ and are seen as round cells?
basal lamina
Cells go from being round in shape to being “squished” and have projections (desmosoomes) sticking out of them….this layer is called the?
Prickle layer
What layer comes after the prickle layer?
Granular layer
What is the 4th layer called and what type of tissue has a 4th layer?
Keratin Layer Masticatory
The average amount of days for a cell to go from “birth” to “death” is?
25 days
The lamina propria contains what cells?
Fibroblasts Macrophage Mast
The submucosa contains?
salivary glands blood vessels muscles
What is the term for a epithelium projection into the connective tissue?
Rete Pegs
What is a common area to have hyperkeratosis?
Linea Alba (cheek bite)
Why does hyperkeratosis appear white in the mouth?
because it absorbs more fluid and reflects back a white color
What is the fancy name for a cheek bite?
Morsicatio Buccarum
71% of all white lesions of the oral mucosa are?
Benign Hyperkeratosis
A _______ is a white, opaque, leathery lesion NOT clinically identifiable from other white lesions?
Leukoplakia
If someone has a white lesion in ________ it automatically needs to be biopsied and taken care of cause it isn’t normal?
floor of mouth
A dysplastic leukoplakia is a white spot with ________
dyskeratosis
Dyskeratosis is often associated with?
malignancy
A THIN white keratotic film usually over the lower lip is termed a?
Solar Cheilosis
Solar Cheilosis predisposes to?
cancer of lip
What is the most common zone for skin cancers?
Ala-traga zone (head of bald guys also)
Solar Cheilosis is also called?
Actinic keratosis
White sponge nevus is a ________ keratosis with a _________ white folded ________
congenital familial gingivostomatitis
White sponge nevus always involves the ?
cheek mucosa
Microscopically the white sponge nevus will have ________edema with broad fused _____ ______?
prickle cell rete pegs
Is White Sponge Nevus harmless or harmful?
harmless
What is a term for a white/gray layer of clear, thin, non wrinkled mucosa?
Leukodema
What lesion found in the mouth is USUALLY found on flexor surfaces of arms and legs?
Lichen Planus
The term for the raised white lines and dots (zig-zag “cracks”) found in Lichen Planus?
Wicham Stria
Lichen Planus is due to?
over-correction of inflammatory response
Lichen Planus is seen microscopically with extensive _________ infiltration, liquefaction of ________, and a prominent ______ layer
lymphocyte basal layer granular
When you have Wicham Striae the lesion is called a ________ lichen planus
reticular