Week 8 - Lymphatics, Floor of Mouth & Salivary Glands Flashcards
What is the main blood supply to the lips ?
Superior and inferior labial arteries.
What are the superior and inferior labial arteries branches of ?
Facial artery.
What is the main sensory innervation to the lips ?
Trigeminal.
Upper lip - CNV2, by superior labial branch of infraorbital nerve.
Lower lip - CNV3, by inferior labial branch of mental nerve.
What is the main lymphatic drainage of the lips ?
Via submandibular lymph nodes.
What is the main blood supply to the cheeks ?
Buccal branches of maxillary artery.
What is the main sensory innervation to cheeks ?
Buccal branch of CNV3.
What is the main motor innervation to cheeks ?
Facial nerve (CNVII).
What are the three components of the floor of the oral cavity ?
Tongue, geniohyoid and mylohyoid (and raphe).
What is the mylohyoid raphe ?
Where two mylohyoid muscles meet in the midline.
What is the attachments for the mylohyoid ?
Lateral - mylohyoid line on medial surface of the mandible.
Medial - mylohyoid raphe.
Anterior - hyoid bone.
Where do submandibular glands sit in relation to mylohyoid ?
Mylohyoid has free posterior margin, submandibular gland wraps around this free edge.
What is the attachments for the geniohyoid ?
Inferior mental spines.
How are the anterior and posterior parts of the tongue separated ?
Terminal sulcus.
What papillae on the superior surface of the tongue do not have tastebuds ?
Filiform.
What papillae on the superior surface of the tongue are the largest and form V-shape anterior to the terminal sulcus ?
Vallate.
What can be seen either side of the frenulum on inferior surface of the tongue ?
Lingual vein.
Sublingual folds.
Sublingual caruncle.
Opening of sublingual ducts.
How are the intrinsic and extrinsic muscles separated in the midline ?
Sagittal septum.
What is the function of intrinsic muscles of the tongue ?
Change size and shape.