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1
Q

What is the name given to the superior anterior opening for the alimentary canal?

A

the mouth or oral cavity

2
Q

What are the names given to the opening of the mouth?

A
  • oral orifice
  • oral fissure
  • rima oris
  • rima of the mouth
3
Q

What forms the fleshy boundaries of the oral cavity?

A

lips and cheeks

4
Q

What is the name given to the space between the teeth and the external fleshy tissue of the face?

A

oral vestibule

5
Q

What is the name given to the space between the lips and the teeth?

A

labial vestibule

6
Q

What is the name given to the space between the cheeks and the teeth?

A

buccal vestibule

7
Q

What is the name given to the space within the region formed by the occluded teeth?

A

oral cavity proper

8
Q

What is the type of skin covering most of the external lip?

A

stratified squamous keratinous epithelium

9
Q

What is the type of skin internal to the margin of the rima oris?

A

stratified squamous nonkeratinized epithelium

10
Q

What is the name given to the junction between the skin and the red region of the lip?

A

vermilion border

11
Q

What is the name given to the red region of the lip?

A

vermilion zone

12
Q

What is unique about the human lip?

A

the natural red color

13
Q

What is the name given to the median depression of the upper lip?

A

philtrum

14
Q

What is the name given to the depression extending from the nasal ala to the corner of the upper lip?

A

nasolabial groove/sulcus

15
Q

What is the name given to the horizontal furrow between the lower lip and the chin?

A

mentolabial/labiomental groove/sulcus

16
Q

What is the name given to the union of the upper and lower lips at the corner of the mouth?

A

labial commissure

17
Q

What muscle will form the lip?

A

oribicularis oris

18
Q

What arteries supply the lips?

A

superior and inferior labial a.

19
Q

What glands will be identified within the lips?

A

the labial salivary glands

20
Q

What is the name given to the attaching material in the median plane from the lips to the gingiva proper?

A
  • superior labial frenulum

- inferior labial frenulum

21
Q

What specific nerves provide cutaneous sensation for the cutaneous regions of the upper and lower lips?

A
  • upper lip: infraorbital nerves, maxillary division, trigeminal
  • lower lip: mental nerves, mandibular division, trigeminal
22
Q

What lymph nodes will filter lymph from the lips?

A
  • submandibular

- submental

23
Q

What forms the layers of the cheek from external to internal?

A
  • skin
  • corpus adiposum
  • buccinator muscle
  • buccal salivary glands
  • mucous membrane of the cheek
24
Q

What are the names given to the fatty deposits within the cheek?

A
  • corpus adiposum
  • Bichat’s fat plug
  • buccal fat plug
  • suctorial fat pad of infants
25
Q

What is the primary muscle of the cheek?

A

buccinator muscle

26
Q

What blood vessel supplies the cheek?

A

buccal branches of the facial artery

27
Q

What specific nerves supply cutaneous sensation to the cheek?

A
  • infraorbital nerves, maxillary division, trigeminal
  • buccal nerves, mandibular division, trigeminal
  • mental nerves, mandibular division, trigeminal
28
Q

What lymph nodes will filter lymph from the cheeks?

A
  • submandibular

- submental

29
Q

What is the name given to the mucous membrane covered region of the alveolar processes and alveolar juga of the maxillae and mandible?

A

gingiva

30
Q

What is the name given to the part of the mucous membrane of the lip or cheek attaching to the maxilla or to the mandible?

A

gingiva proper

31
Q

What is the alveolar mucosa?

A

the name given to the mucous membrane connecting the gingiva proper with the lining of the lip or the cheek

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