Digestive-3
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- Cheeks
- Form the lateral walls of the oral cavity; are muscular structures covered externally by skin and internally by nonkeratineized stratified squamous epithelium
- Lips
- (Labia) fleshy borders; fleshy folds covering the outside of the mouth, covered externally by skin and internally by mucous membrane
- Superior and inferior labial frenum
- Attaches inner surface of each lip to its corresponding gum by midline fold of mucous membrane
- Vestibule
- Space between cheeks and teeth
- Oral cavity proper
- Is a space that extends from the gums an teeth to fauces
- Fauces
- Opening from mouth to pharynx
- Palate
- Horizontal structure separating oral and nasal cavities
- Hard palate
- Anterior portion of the roof of the mouth, formed by the maxillae and palatine bones + llined by a mucous membrane
- Soft palate
- Posterior portion of the roof of the mouth, extends from palatine bone to uvula (muscular partition lined w/mucous membrane)
- Palatoglossal arch and palatopharyngeal arch
- 2 muscular folds that run down lateral sides of soft palate
- Palatoglossal arch and palatopharyngeal arch also called?
- Aterior pillar and posterior pillar
- Palatine tonsils
- Located between palatopharyngeal arch
- Uvula
- When swallowing, pharynx and uvula move upward thus helping to cover nasopharynx-and preventing food and liquid from entering nasal cavity