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32 Cards in this Set
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Which part of the oral cavity is the vestibule? |
The area bounded by the lips, cheeks and teeth |
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What part of the oral cavity is the oral cavity proper? |
The area inside the mouth behind the teeth |
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What are the fauces? |
The arches/folds near the back of the mouth that lead to the pharynx. eg. The palatoglossal fold and the palatopharyngeal fold (posterior fauces) |
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Where is the free gingiva? |
The gingiva that lies unattached at the neck of the tooth. |
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Where is the attached gingiva? |
The gingiva that is bound to underlying cementum and the alveolar bone (bone which surrounds the roots of the teeth) |
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What is the mucogingival junction? |
This junction/line separates the attached gingiva from the alveolar mucosa |
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What are interdental papilla? |
It is the part of the gingiva which fills the spaces inbetween adjacent teeth |
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What is the labial frenulum? |
It is the vertical band of oral mucosa that attaches the lips to the alveolar mucosa on both the maxilla and the mandible arch. |
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What is the pterygomandibular raphe? |
It is the ridge that extends from the upper to lower alveolus (between back molars) |
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What is the palatoglossal fold? |
It is the anterior pillar of fauces that covers the palatoglossus and palatopharyngeus muscles. |
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What is the palatopharyngeal fold? |
The posterior pillar of the fauces which also covers the palatoglossus and palatopharyngeus muscles. |
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What is the uvula? |
A soft tissue projection |
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Where is the palatine tonsil? |
It sits inbetween the palatoglossal and palatopharyngeal folds. |
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Where and what is the Parotid Papilla? |
It is by the 2nd molar. The papilla is the raised area and the parotid duct is the dot/small hole. |
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What are the Fordyce spots?~ |
Tiny white spots (sebacious glands) on the inside of the cheeks and lips. |
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What is the incisive papilla? |
It is a slight bulge/projection on the hard palate near the incisors inbetween the rugae. |
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What is the palatal rugae? |
The rough ridges on the side of the palate. |
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What is the palatal raphe? |
The midline of the hard palate |
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What is the palatal torus?~ |
The big lump/raised area in the midline |
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What is the lingual frenulum? |
The vertical band of oral mucosa that attaches lips to the alveolar mucosa of the mandibular arch |
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What is the sublingual papillae? |
They are openings on the sublingual glands under the tongue, either side of the lingual frenulum |
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What are the sublingual folds? |
The entire part of the gland that secretes saliva |
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What are the genial tubercles? |
The raised area on the inner surface of the mandible body, muscles attach here. |
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What is the lingual tori? ~ |
This is the projected bone on the dental arch |
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What are the filiform papillae responsible for and what is their appearance like? |
They increase the friction between food and the tongue and are paler dots. NBB// They are not involved in taste. |
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What are the fungiform papillae responsible for and what is their appearance like? |
They are involved in taste and appear as red dots |
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What are the circumvallate papillae responsible for and what is their appearance like? |
They are involved in taste and appear as bigger, raised, red spots on the back of the tongue. |
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What are the foliate papillae responsible for and what is their appearance like? |
They are involved in taste and are the ridges on the side of the tongue. |
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What and where is the lingual tonsil? |
Tonsils stimulate immune response and the lingual tonsil lies on the back of the tongue. |
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What and where are the lingual varicositites? |
This is where the veins are more dialated, hence look blue underneath the tongue. |
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What is the TMJ? |
The tempromandibular junction/joint
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Where is the ascending mandibular ramus? |
Between the mandible and the TMJ. |
