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The oral cavity becomes continous with the oropharynx at the (palatopharyngeal arch, palatoglossal arch, both, neither)?
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Palatoglossal Arch (it extends here from the lips/cheeks)
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Space in oral cavity external to the teeth?
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Vestibule
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Space in oral cavity internal to the teeth?
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Oral cavity proper
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Where does the vestibule communicate with the oral cavity proper when the teeth are occluded (closed)?
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posterior to the last molar
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Opposite which teeth do the parotid ducts open into the vestibule?
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upper second molar
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What are the folds of mucous membrane in the midline from the upper and lower lips to the gums called?
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Frenula of the lips
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What are the four boundaries of the oral cavity proper?
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Teeth and gums; hard/soft palates; tongue (anterior 2/3); palatoglossal arches
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how many teeth are there?
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32
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What two bones is the hard palate composed of?
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Maxilla (palatine process) and the Palatine (horizontal plate)
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This is the median anterior opening just behind the central incisors which is traversed by the nasopalatine nerves?
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Incisive canal
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This mucosa covers the nasopalatine nerves as they emerge from the incisive canal?
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Incisive papilla
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Where are the greater/lesser palatine foramina located (anterolateral, posteromedial, posterolateral, anteromedial) border of the hard palate?
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Posterolateral (transmit the greater/lesser palatine nerves and vessels)
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What are the Pillars of the Fauces?
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Two folds of mucous (palatoglossal, palatopharyngeal) that extend from the lateral margins of the soft palate (Fauces = throat)
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This is the anterior pillar of fauces and forms the posterior border of the oral cavity?
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Palatoglossal Fold
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This is the posterior pillar of fauces and is located in the oropharynx?
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palatopharyngeal
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This tonsil is located in between the palatoglossal and palatopharyngeal folds; it also is the structure that forms the anterior border of the oropharynx?
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Palatine tonsil
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The uvula is part of the (hard palate, soft palate, tongue, vestibule)?
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Soft palate
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What is the function of the soft palate?
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close off the naso-oral communication during swallowing, sucking, and phonation
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What innervates the tensor veli palatine?
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CN V (mandibular)
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What innervates all the muscles of the soft palate except the tensor veli palatini?
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CN X (pharyngeal plexus)
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This muscle tenses the soft palate, and is also responsible for moving the palate posteriorly to contact the pharyngeal wall along with the levator veli palatini?
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Tensor veli palatini
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This muscle elevates the pharynx (brings it closer to the palate…hint) and larynx, and tenses the soft palate?
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palatopharyngeus
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This soft palate muscle elevates the posterior part of the tongue and draws the soft palate to the tongue?
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Palatoglossus muscle
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This soft palate muscle shortnes the UVULA
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Musculus uvulae
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The 5 soft palate muscles are?
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Tensor veli palatini, levator veli palatini, palatopharyngeus, palatoglossus, musculus uvulae
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The muscles of the soft palate are innervated by (CN X, CN V, Both, Neither)?
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CN V (mandibular innervates the tensor veli palatini)
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The tongue is situated in the (mouth, oropharynx, both, neither)
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Neither…..j/k its both :)
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By what structure is the tongue connected to the pharynx with?
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Superior constrictor muscle
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What are the two parts of the tongue?
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Oral (anterior 2/3) and Body (posterior 1/3)
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What is the V shaped groove that separates the oral and pharyngeal parts of the tongue?
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Sulcus terminalis
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Where are the circumvallate papillae located (what do they do?)
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just anterior to the sulcus terminalis, taste buds
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This is located at the apex of the sulcus terminalis and is the embryonic remnant of the thyroglossal duct?
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Foramen Cecum
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Which part of the tongue develops embryonically from the rostral end of the foregut?
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Pharyngeal
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Lingual tonsils can be found in which part of the tongue (pharyngeal, oral, both, neither)
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pharyngeal (covered with mucosa)
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Ankyloglossia or tongue-tied is a condition in children involving which of these structures (terminal sulcus, frenulum of the tongue, median sulcus, Foramen Cecum)
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Frenulum (when the frenulum extends almost all the way up to the tongue and interferes with protrusion of the tongue)
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Quick absorbtion of drugs is accomplished through this vein, located on either side of the frenulum?
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What is the deep lingual vein (that is correct….you have the board)
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Muscles of this structure are formed from occipital somites….when they migrate they drag CN 12 with them
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What is the tongue
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The intrinsic muscles of the tongue are responsible for this ?
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Changing the shape of the tongue
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The extrinsic muscles of the tongue do this (alter position, alter shape, both , neither)
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Both
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What are the four pairs of extrinsic muscles?
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styloglossus, hyoglossus, genioglossus, palatoglossus
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All the extrinsic muscles of the tongue are innervated by CN12, except for this guy…if he was a man he would be an ARCHer
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What is the palatoglossus muscle
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This muscle depresses AND protrudes the tongue?
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Genioglossus (Get Peak Systolic Heart Rate = Genioglossus protrudes Styloglossus Hyoglossus retracts)
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This muscle retracts the tongue and draws up the sides
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Styloglossus
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These muscles are involved with retracting the tongue (hyoglossus, styloglossus, both, neither)?
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Both
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These muscles are involved in depressing the tongue (genioglossus, hyoglossus, both, neither)
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Both
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These muscles are involved in protruding the tongue (hyoglossus, palatoglossus, both, neither)
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Neither (its genioglossus)
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What are the 4 sensory innervations of the tongue?
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CN 5, 7, 9, 10
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This nerve controls general sensation in the anterior 2/3 of the tongue (Lingual N CN5; Glossopharyngeal CN 9; both, neither)
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Lingual CN 5
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Glossopharyngeal nerve controls what in the posterior 1/3 of the tongue (general sensation, taste, both, neither)
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Both
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Chorda Tympani (CN 7) does what in the tongue (General sensation anterior, Taste posterior, Taste anterior, general sensation epiglottic region)
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Taste anterior 2/3
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This nerve innervates BOTH taste and general sensation on the epiglottic region of the tongue?
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CN X (superior laryngeal / internal branch)
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This artery courses deep to the hyoglossus muscle and supplies blood to the tongue?
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Lingual artery (ECA)
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These veins (deep or dorsal) accompany the hypoglossal nerve and drain into the facial or the internal jugular?
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Deep veins
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Where does the lympahtics of the tongue drain?
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cervical lymph nodes
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This papilla has an opening for the submandibular duct and is located on either side of the frenulum
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Sublingual Carnuncle
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This fold of tissue extends laterally and posteriorly from the sublingual carnuncle and contains many openings for the ducts of the sublingual gland
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Sublingual fold (Plica Sublingualis)
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What are the three major pairs of glands that secrete into the mouth?
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Parotid, submandibular, sublingual
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This is the smallest and most seeply situated gland in the mouth, it opens along many small openings of the sublingual fold?
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Sublingual glands
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This nerve is a "taxi" for both sensory and parasympathetic secretomotor fibers with the Chorda Tympani (CN 7)?
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Lingual CN 5 …mandibular
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The lingual nerve courses superior to CN 12 on the surface of this muscle ?
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Hyoglossus
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What is the relationship between the lingual nerve and the submandibular duct?
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begins lateral > runs inferior > ascends into the tongue medially
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This nerve branches from the inferior alveolar nerve (a posterior division of V3) and innervates the anterior digastric and mylohyoid?
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Nerve to the mylohyoid
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A patient is asked to protrude his tongue. He does so but the tongue deviates to the right. As a clinician you suspect injury to which nerve?
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the RIGHT hypoglossal nerve
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The lateral surface of the tonsillar bed is in close association to what 5 structures?
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Facial artery, facial vein, ICA, superior constrictor, glossopharyngeal (Fred Flinstone is sometimes grumpy)
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immediately following a tonsillectomy, a patient complains of loss of taste. Which nerve may be impinged die to edema?
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CN 9
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This artery, a branch of the facial, is the chief blod supply to the tonsil?
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Tonsillar Artery
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The nerves to the tonsils are derived from the tonsillar plexus fromed by (CN 9, CN 10, both, neither)?
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Both
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