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| large salivary gland having a lobulated texture and found ventral to the external ear flap |
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| flat duct which runs from the front of the parotid gland across the masseter muscle and penetrates the upper lip to open into the oral cavity opposite the 3rd upper premolar. Do not confuse it with 2 branches of the facial nerve that run across the masseter |
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| submaxillary, submandibular, or mandibular gland |
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| second largest salivary gland; seen in the neck region |
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| small, oblong salivary gland which abuts against the front of the submaxillary and its duct. |
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| numerous smooth-textured structures often mistaken with salivary glands; scattered throughout body, part of the circulatory system |
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| surround the opening to the oral cavity |
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| forms the roof of the oral cavity; contains portions of the maxillae and palatine bones |
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| transverse ridges on the hard palate |
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| fleshy extension from hard palate |
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| fleshy tab which hangs down from the back of the soft palate (human, not in cats) |
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| portion of the oral cavity between teeth and cheeks |
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| muscular structure in the floor of the oral cavity and partially in the throat area |
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| elevations of different magnitudes on the dorsal surface of the tongue; more pronounced on the cat than on the human due to the grooming role of papillae in the cat |
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| midventral septum of the tongue |
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| portion of the throat just ventral to the soft palate |
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| a pair of specially-named lymph nodes found on the lateral walls of the oropharynx, partially embedded in the tonsillar fossa |
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| lies dorsal to the soft palate |
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| auditory tubes (eustachian tubes) |
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| slitlike openings which are observable in the dorsolateral walls of the nasopharynx; connect to the middle ear cavities |
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| small portion of the throat at the end of the soft palate where the oropharynx and the nasopharynx come together; extends to the openings of the voice box and esophagus |
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| voice box; walls are composed of rather large pieces of cartilage |
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| trough-shaped flap in front of the larynx; prevents liquids and solids from entering the larynx; supported by the epiglottic cartilage |
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| windpipe; held open by incomplete (C-shaped) rings of cartilage; continues caudally from the larynx |
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| collapsed, muscular tube found dorsal to the trachea |
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| opening into the esophagus |
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| paired lobes on either side of the trachea just caudal to the larynx; part of the endocrine system |
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| muscles running between the various cartileges which compose the voice box |
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| large cartilege easily seen form the ventral view of the voice box; Adam's apple |
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| just caudal to the thyroid cartilege; from a ventral view, it does not appear to be large; however, if this cricoid cartilage is followed around to the dorsal side, it can be seen to expand considerably |
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| small triangular cartileges which are covered with epithelial tissue and are located dorsally on either side of the glottis |
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| opening between the arytenoid cartilages |
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| a pair of light-colored folds which extend from the arytenoids to the thyroid cartilage |
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| a pair of less well-defined folds just cranial to the true vocal cords |
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| forms a partition between the thoracic and abdominal cavities; extremely important for respiration: when it contracts, the volume of the thoracic cavity is increased, which in turn allows the lungs to expand |
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| fills the right pleural cavity; is divided into 4 lobes in the cat: cranial (anterior), middle, caudal (posterior), and accessory (which lies dorsal to the posterior vena cava) |
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| shiny, serous membrane on the outer surface of the lung |
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| medial region fo the lung where structures (primary bronchus and pulmonary vessels) enter and leave the lung; the 2 pleural membranes are continuous with each other at the root of the lung |
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| the potential space between the right and left pleural cavities extending from the breastbone to the vertebral column; all of the chest structures except the lungs and pleural membranes are contained in it |
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| pleural fold (mediasitnal septum) |
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| delicate, transparent structure which runs from the ventral surface of the heart area to the breastbone. can be seen separating the right pleural cavity from the left pleural cavity |
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| fills the left pleural cavity; is divided into three lobes in the cat: cranial (anterior), middle, caudal (posterior). Slightly smaller than the right due to the placement of the heart |
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| actually a portion of the endocrine and lymph systems; irregular mass of glandular tissue in the midline just cranial to the heart |
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| whitish strands which pass ventral to the root of the lung and extend to the diaphragm; the right is close to the posterior vena cava, the left can be located passing through a portion of the pleural fold; originate from the 5th and 6th cervial spinal nerves |
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| large artery seen adjacent and just dorsal to the esophagus |
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