Week 1: Chewing Swallowing and Churning Flashcards
What makes up the upper gastrointestinal tract?
Oesophagus, stomach and duodenum (liver, gall bladder and pancreas.
What are the accessory organs of digestion?
Liver, Gall bladder and Pancreas
What is the roof, floor and posterior border of the mouth?
Roof= Hard Palate and Soft Palate
Floor = Mylohyoid muscle
posterior = palatoglossal fold
What is gingivae?
Teeth and gums
What is the nerve supply to the salivary glands?
Secretion is controlled by sympathetic and parasympathetic branches of the ANS and somatosensory fibres
What is the opening of the parotid gland?
The parotid duct travels across the masseter, through the buccinator, and into the vestibule at M2 level (molar 2)
What is the opening of the submandibular gland
Sublingual Papilla underneath the lingual frenula
What is the opening of the sublingual gland?
There are sublingual ducts open on an elevated ridge on either side of the frenulum
What are the nerve supply to the maxillary teeth?
Trigeminal Nerve > Maxillary Nerve > Superior Alveolar Nerves
What is the nerve supply to the mandibular teeth?
Trigeminal Nerve > Mandibular Nerve > Inferior Alveolar Nerves
What is the Blood supply to the Maxillary Teeth?
Maxillary Artery > Posterior and Anterior superior alveolar artery
What is the blood supply of the Mandibular teeth?
External Carotid Artery > Maxillary Artery > Inferior Alveolar Artery
What are the the superficial muscles of mastication?
Masseter and Temporalis (Both Jaw closing)
What are the deep muscles of mastication?
Medial Pteregoid (Jaw closing) and lateral pteregoid (Jaw opening as it pull the mandible down)
What is the nerve supply to the muscles of mastication?
Mandibular Branch of Trigeminal Nerve
What is the blood supply of the muscles of mastication?
Maxillary artery and superficial and temporal (with corresponding veins)
where does the mastication system hinge?
condoyle of temporomandibular joint
What is an accessory muscle of Mastication?
Buccinator
What do the intrinsic muscles of the tongue do?
They shape the tongue
What do the extrinsic muscles of the tongue do ?
They move the tongue