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17 Cards in this Set
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Function of tongue
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Speech
Formation of bolus Swallowing Taste buds |
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Extrinsic muscles of the tongue
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Oringinate outside the tongue; move the tongue side to side and in and out:moves food around for chewing, shape food into round mass, and force down for swallowing
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Intrinsic uscles of the tongue
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Located within tongue; alter size and shape of tongue for speech and swalowing
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Lingual Frenulum
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A fold of mucous membrane that connects tongue to the floor of the mouth
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Papillae
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Projections on the tongue; not actual taste buds!
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Filiform
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Lack taste buds
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Fungiform
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Most have taste buds
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Circumvallate
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All have taste buds
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Minor salivary glands
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In mucous membrane of mouth and tongue; have short ducts or none; saliva enters directly into oral cavity
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Labial glands
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lips
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Buccal Glands
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Cheeks
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Palatal glands
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Palate
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Lingual glands
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Tongue
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3 Major salivary glands
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Parotid glands
Submandibular glands Sublingual glands |
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Parotid glands
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Also called "stensen's duct"; empty into vestibule- opposite upper 2nd maxillary molar
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Submandibular Glands
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Also called "Wharton's duct"; Empty into oral cavity lateral to the lingual frenulum
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Sublingual Glands
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Also called "Rivinus duct"; lesser sublingual; Empty into floor of mouth
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