Landmarks of the Face Landmarks of the Oral Cavity Palate area of the Oral Cavity Tongue Salivary Glands
100
What is the groove that runs from the ala of the nose to the corners of the mouth?
Nasolabial groove
100
What is the tissue that lines the inner surface of the lips and cheeks?
Mucosa
100
What is another name for the palate?
Roof of the mouth
100
What are the small, raised projections, covering the dorsal surface of the tongue?
Papilla
100
What is the largest salivary gland?
Parotid gland
200
What is the name of the corners of the mouth where the upper and lower lips meet?
Labial Commissure
200
What is the yellowish glands near the commissures?
Fordyce's spots
200
How many sections is the palate divided into? Name the sections.
2 Hard and Soft Palates
200
What surface of the tongue is the lingual frenum found?
Ventral
200
What is the gland that is the size of a walnut and lies on the inside of the mandible in the posterior area?
Submandibular gland
300
What is the wing of the nose or outer edge of the nostril?
Ala of the Nose
300
What is the flap of tissue that is found on the buccal mucosa, opposite the maxillary second molar
parotid papilla
300
What is a raised area of tissue lying behind the maxillary central incisors?
incisive papilla
300
What is the shallow, V-shaped groove that is apparent on the posterior portion of the tongue when the tongue is extended?
Sulcus terminalis
300
What is a clear fluid secreted by the salivary and mucous glands throughout the mouth?
Saliva
400
What is the reddish portion of the lips called?
Vermillion Zone
400
What is the raised white line found on the buccal mucosa that runs parallel to where the teeth meet?
Linea alba
400
What is a slightly raised line that extends down the middle of the hard palate?
Palatine raphe
400
What is the papilla that gives the tongue a "strawberry effect?"
Fungiform papillae
400
What is another name for chewing?
Mastication
500
What is the shallow, V-Shaped depression located between bottom of the nose and the middle of the upper lip called?
Philtrum
500
What are the raised lines of the mucosal tissue that extend from the alveolar mucosa through the vestibule to the labial and buccal mucosa?
Frena
500
What is the projection that extends off the back of the soft palate?
Uvula
500
What is runs from the base to the tip of the tongue that divides the tongue in half?
Median sulcus
500
What is the name of the duct that submandibular glands empty saliva into the mouth?
Wharton's Duct






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