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20 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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5 structures of the mouth
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labia - palate - tongue - salivory glands - teeth
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2 structures of the palate
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hard palate - soft palate
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hard palate is composed of ____ ____ of the maxilla & the ____ bone posteriorly
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palatine process - palatine
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1 structure of the soft palate
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uvula
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function of the uvula
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moves up to prevent food + liquid from going into nasopharynx
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tongue is composed of ____ muscle
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skeletal
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2 functions of the tongue
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position food - speech
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the ____ ____ is the base of the tongue & fold of tissue that anchors the tongue to the floor of the ____ ____
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lingual frenulum - oral cavity
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cause of "tongue tied"
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short lingual frenulum
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3 types of papillae found on the superior surface of the tongue
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filiform papillae - fungiform papillae - circumvallate papillae
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most numerous papillae
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filiform papillae
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filiform papillae are ____-shaped & ____ for licking
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cone - rough
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fungiform papillae are ____-shaped & house ____ on the superior surface
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mushroom - tastebuds
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groove along the posterior surface of the tongue
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sulcus terminalis
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papillae in front of the sulcus terminalis is ____ ____
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circumvallate papillae
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the least numerous papillae which have __-__ papillae
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circumvallate papillae - (7-12)
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____ ____ are along the edge of each circumvallate papillae
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tastebuds
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the tongue contains ____ & ____ muscles
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intrinsic - extrinsic
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intrinsic muscles of the tongue control …
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the shape of the tongue
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extrinsic muscle fasten the tongue down & control ____
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movement
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