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17 Cards in this Set
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abdomen |
the central part of the body from below the chest to the hips |
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viscera |
a general term for any organ of the abdominal or thoracic cavity |
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oral cavity |
mouth |
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lips |
labia |
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vestiblue |
space between the teeth and the cheeks |
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oral cavity proper |
space internal to the teeth |
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red margin |
what you kiss with |
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vermillion border |
area between the lips and the skin above |
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labial frenulum |
connection of lips to the inner mucosa of the gum |
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lumen |
hollow part of a tube |
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buccal |
pertaining to the cheek |
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lingual frenulum |
secures the tongue into its position and limits its posterior movements |
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filiform papillae |
lend a rough surface to the tongue, allowing it to grasp food and manipulate it during mastication |
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fungiform papillae |
have a vascular core that gives them a reddish appearance |
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Taste buds |
located in the epithelium on the tops of fungiform papillae |
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circumvallate papillae |
individually surrounded by a circular ridge and the epithelium on the sides of these papillae contain more taste buds, anterior to the sulcus terminalis |
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lingual tonsils |
the root of the tongue, is considered part of the oropharynx |
