Oral cavity

Anteriorly

Laterally

Inferiorly

Superiorly

It communicates externally through the opening between lips and internally with the pharynx through the fauces or tonsillar pillars

Oral Cavity communicates externally through the opening between lips and internally with the pharynx through the ________ ________

Functions of oral cavity

area between the lips and cheeks and the teeth.

area located internal to the teeth.

The ________& _____________ form the division between the oral cavity proper and the oral vestibule.

Oral vestibule

space between the lips or cheeks and the teeth

Communicates with the exterior of the body through the orifice of the mouth or the oral sphincter (also called the rima)

Anteriorly

Laterally

Oral cavity proper

Space enclosed within the alveolar processes and the teeth

Area that houses the tongue

It communicates with the pharynx through a narrow inlet called the isthmus of fauces.

Oral cavity proper communicates with the pharynx through a narrow inlet called ______.

Oral vestibule Communicates with the exterior of the body through the _______

What seperates your oral cavity proper from your oral vestibule?

Deepest part of the vestibule; U-shaped pocket that is continuous throughout the anterior and posterior areas

that place between the lips and the front teeth

The point at which the mucosa of the lips or cheeks meets the alveolar mucosa is known as the _____&______

Lines the oral cavity

inner surface of the lips

inner surface of the cheeks

covers the alveolar bone that supports the teeth; loosely attached; highly vascular - reddish color

Type of oral Mucosa

All part of mucosa that is tightly bond to the bone

What type of mucosa does hard palate belong?

What type of mucosa does attached gingiva belong?

What type of mucosa does tongue belong?

Contains lingual Papillae and taste buds

What type of mucosa does soft palate belong?

It lines all the other parts except to the other mucosa