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- beginning of digestive tract
- anterior boundaries = lips
- posterior boundaries = fauces btwn mouth/pharynx |
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- two mobile fleshy structures guarding the entrance of the mouth
- skin, muscle, salivary glands, connective tissue, and mucous membrane |
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- red vascular bed visible through epithelium
- where lipstick is applied |
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| - contains nasolabial sulcus, philtrum and labial tubercle |
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| - extends from wing/ala of nose to point just lateral to corner of mouth |
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| - shallow vertical depression on midline from nose to vermillion of upper lip |
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| - fleshy bump in vermillion border zone in midline |
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| - labiomental groove found here |
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| - horizontal groove that separates the lower lip from chin |
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| - where upper and lower lips meet each other at the angle of the mouth |
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| - space between the lips and cheeks externally and the teeth and gingiva internally |
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| - vestibule posterior to commisures |
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| - vestibule anterior to commissures |
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| mucobuccal/mucolabial folds |
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- fornix of the vestibule
- point where vestibular mucosa turns to become gingival mucosa |
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- located in the superior labial vestibule
- shallow depression superior to incisor teeth |
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| - bulge into labial vestibule from the alveolar ridge, over the root of the maxillary canine tooth |
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| - shallow depression just distal to canine eminence |
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| - hard bulge protruding into the roof of the buccal vestibule in the vicinity of the first maxillary molar |
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| - region of the maxilla posterior to the last molar |
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| mandibular retromolar pad |
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- region of the mandible posterior to last molar
- small when 3rd molar present |
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| pterygomandibular raphae/fold |
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- laterally on each side of mouth
- curtain-like connection btwn pterygoid hamulus and posterior end of mylohyoid ridge
- appears to run from medial of maxillary tuberosity to retromolar pad of mandible
- easier to see when mouth is stretched open |
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| pterygomandibular raphe/fold |
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- appears to run from medial of maxillary tuberosity to retromolar pad of mandible
- easier to see when mouth is stretched open |
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- elevation in buccal mucosa just lateral to second maxillary molar
- represents opening of the parotid duct |
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- produces 25% of saliva
- primarily serous |
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| accessory/minos salivary glands |
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- open into vestibule through microscopic openings
- buccal and labial glands |
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- ecxtopic sebaceous glands in mucosa
- appear as small yellow spots |
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| - opening of stenson's duct |
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- appear on midline of upper and lower lips
- labial reflections of mucosa extending to gingiva from lips |
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| buccal frenula/accessory labial frenula |
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- appear buccal to premolars
- not always present
- found in both maxilla and mandible |
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- lining of oral cavity
- gingival, alveolar, mucogingival |
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- soft tissue surrounding teeth
- firmly attached to teeth and alveolar bone |
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- soft tissue surrounding teeth
- firmly attached to teeth and alveolar bone |
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| - loose mucosa over alveolar processes |
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| - line separating gingival mucosa from alveolar mucosa |
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- lies internal to dental arches
- founded by palate, tongue and sublingual sulcus, lingual surfaces of teeth/gingival/alveolar mucosa, vertical portion of soft palate and anterior pillar of fauces |
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| oropharyngeal isthmus/fauces |
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| - aperture bounded by soft palate superiorly, the surface of posterior 1/3 of tongue inferiorly and palatoglossal arch laterally |
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- contains palatophayngeal muscle
- posterior pillar of fauces |
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| - between palatoglossal arch and palatopharyngeal arch |
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- posteriorly directed V-shaped groove separating anterior 2/3 and posterior 1/3 of tongue
- oral cavity is anterior
- pharynx is posterior |
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- eight to ten mushroom-shaped structures along but anterior to sulcus terminalis
- contain taste buds and ducts of serous glands of von ebner |
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- hair-like, flesh colored
- found in lines parallel to sulcus terminalis |
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- very red
- mushroom shaped
- contain taste buds |
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| - large, red leaf-like papillae on lateral surface of tongue |
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| - shallow depression just posterior to apex of sulcus terminalis |
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| - located on the surface of posterior 1/3 tongue |
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| - attaches anterior 2/3 of tongue to floor of mouth |
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- can be seen through ventral tongue mucosa on either side of frenulum
- has clinical implications especially in absorption of certain medications |
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- fringed fold of mucous membrane lateral to deep lingual veins
- often has tissue tags from free edge |
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- elevation on either side of lingual frenulum, just above floor of mouth
- overlying bulging sublingual gland |
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- lies under floor of mouth
- superficial to mylohyoid muscle
- located more posteriorly and inferiorly than the sublingual glands
- produce about 2/3s of total saliva
- primarily serous saliva |
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| - submandibular duct that empties at sublingual caruncle |
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- enlarged papilla adjacent to lingual frenulum near its base
- wharton's duct empties here |
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| - anterior portion of palate |
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| - posterior part of palate |
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| - between hard and soft palate |
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| - inferiorly directed midline structure on the free posterior border of the palate |
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| - median line on palate where 2 palatine processes of maxillary bone have fused |
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- small oval-shaped surface prominence behind and between the central incisors
- covers opening of incisive canal
- contains nasopalatine nerves |
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| - transverse folds radiating laterally from palatine raphe |
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| - lateral to palatine raphe in hard palate |
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- posterior to fatty region extending onto to soft palate
- about 350 palatine glands which produce thick mucous saliva |
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- two small depressions, one on each side of midline
- just posterior to hard palate
- giving off secretion from some palatine glands |
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- can be palpated just distal to third molar on soft palate
- pterygoid mamulus is under mucosa
- tensor veli palatini muscle slides around hamulus, extends to soft palate |
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- muscular tube lines with muscles
- runs from base of skull to lower end of neck
- becomes continuous with esophagus |
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- from roof of nose to soft palate
- contains auditory tube and phayngeal tonsils |
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- from soft palate to epiglottis
- contains palatoglossal fold, palatophyngeal fold, epiglottis |
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- covers palatophayngeal muscle
- posterior pillar |
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- covers palatoglossal muscle
- anterior pillar |
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| - directs food posteriorly into esophagus and air anteriorly into larynx |
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| - from epiglottis to larynx |
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- an angle or corner
- usually refers to corner of mouth |
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- portion of oral cavity that lies btwn teeth and gingiva on one side and lips and cheeks on other side
- outside of teeth |
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- raised area above surrounding surfaces
- bump |
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- small nipple-shaped process
- usually soft tissue |
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| - narrow reflection or fold of mucous membrane passing from a more fixed to a moveable part |
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| - any long groove/fissure |
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| - narrow place connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure |
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- cul-de-sac
- blind pouch |
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| - small fleshy protuberance |
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- cup-shaped depression
- pit
- AKA fossa |
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- line of union of two similar structures
- ligament between two muscles
- connective tissue sheath joining 2 things together |
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| - structure resembling veil or curtain |
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