DHE 107 Oral Cavity and Pharynx Chapter 2

The ___ of the face mark the anterior boundary of the oral cavity.

The ___ of the face mark the posterior boundary of the oral cavity.

The ___ of the face mark the lateral boundaries of the oral cavity.

The ___ of the face mark the superior boundary of the oral cavity.

The ___ is the inferior border of the oral cavity.

Structures closest to the facial surface are?

Facial structures closest to the lips are?

Structures closes to the inner cheek are?

structures closest to the tongue are?

Lingual structures closest to the palate are?

Upper and lower horseshoe-shaped spaces in the oral cavity between the lips and cheeks anteriorly and laterally and the teeth and their soft tissues medially and posteriorly are considered the____ and _____.

The oral vestibules (maxillary and mandibular vestibules) are lined by a mucous membrane called?

The inner parts of the lips are lined by a pink ____.

The labial mucosa is continuous with the equally pink ___ that lines the inner cheek.

The buccal mucosa covers a dense pad of underlying fat tissue at the posterior part of each vestibule which is  the _____ and acts as a protective cushion during mastication.

On the inner part of the buccal mucosa, just opposite the maxillary second molar, is a small elevation of tissue is the _____ which protects the opening of the parotid duct.

Deep within each oral vestibule is the _____.

where the pink labial mucosa or buccal mucosa meets the redder alveolar mucosa is the _____.

_____ is a fold of tissue located at the midline between the labial mucosa and the alveolar mucosa on the upper and lower dental arches.

The _____ are the bony extensions of the maxilla and mandible that contain each tooth socket or alveolus of the teeth.

The ____ is the facial part of the alveolus of the canine which is placed vertically and prominent to the maxilla.

All of the teeth are attached to the bony surface of the alveoli by the fibrous _____, which allows some slight tooth movement within the alveolus while supporting the tooth.

Each mature and fully erupted teeth consists of both the _____ and _____.

The crown of the tooth is composed of?

What is the outermost layer of the root composed of?

the ___ is just distal to the last tooth of the maxillary arch is a tissue-covered elevation of the bone.

The ____ is located on the lower jaw which is a dense pad of  tissue in the last tooth of the mandibular arch.

The ______ are in the front of the mouth , the incisors and canines.

Teeth located in the back of the mouth, molars and premolars are considered?

The tooth types in both arches of the teeth of children are?

Adult teeth are called?

_____ is a normal variation noted usually on the facial surface of the alveolar process of the maxillary arch. They are developmental growths of normal bone with a possible hereditary etiology and may be associated with occlusal trauma.

____ is a normal variation noted on the lingual aspect of the mandibular arch.

The _____ are soft tissue gums that surround the maxillary teeth and mandibular teeth in the alveoli and cover each of the alveolar processes

The ____ if the gingival tissue that tightly adheres to the bone around the roots of the teeth.

The scallo-shaped _____ is the line demarcation between the firmer and pinker attached gingiva and the movable and redder alveolar mucosa.

The ___ is located at the gingival margin of each tooth and forms a cuff above the neck of the tooth.

The ___ is the inner surface of the gingival tissue with each tooth which faces a space.

The gingival tissue between adjacent teeth is an extension of attached gingiva and is considered the _______ and each extension being an _____.

The inside of the mouth is known as the?

The ____ are located posteriorly in the opening from the oral cavity proper into the pharynx or throat.

The fauces of the oral cavity proper are formed laterally on each side by the?

The ____ are located between the anterior faucial pillar and posterior faucial pillar.

The roof of the mouth is called?

The firmer anterior part of the palate is called?

The _____ is a midline ridge of tissue on the hard palate and overlies the bony fusion of the palate.

____ is a small bulge of tissue at the most anterior part of the hard palate, lingual to the anterior teeth.

_____ are firm, irregular ridges of tissue radiating from the incisive papilla and median palatine raphe.

The _____ is the looser posterior part of the palate.

The ____ is  a midline muscular structure of the palate that hangs down the posterior margin of the soft palate.

The ______ extends from the junction of hard palate and soft palate down to the mandible, just behind the most distal mandibular tooth and stretches when the mouth is opened wider.

The top part of the tongue is the?

The slender threadlike whitish lingual papillae are the _____ which give the dorsal surface its velvety texture of the tongue.

The reddish, smaller, mushroom-shaped dots on the dorsal surface of the tongue are?

The 10 to 14 larger mushroom-shaped lingual papillae are the _____ which line up along the anterior side of the sulcus terminalis on the body of the tongue.

The side of the tongue is the?

The lateral surface (side) of the tongue has vertical ridges called?

The division of the pharynx that is superior to the level of the soft palate is the______ and is continuous with the nasal cavity.

The division that is between the soft palate and the opening of the larynx is the _____.