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True or false: Between the bottom of the nose and the middle of the upper lip is a shallow v-shaped depression known as the philtrum. True
True or false: The reddish portion of the lips is covered by a thin layer of epithelium and is highly vascular, it is called the vermillion border. False
True or false: The vermillion zone marks where the skin meets with and forms a line around the lips. False
True or false: The tissue that lines the inner surface of the lips and cheeks is called papilla. False
True or false: The corners of the mouth where the upper lip meets the lower lip are known as labial commissures. True
True or false: Inside the mouth, a pocket is formed by the soft tissue of the cheeks and the gingival; this pocket is called the oral vestibule. True
True or false: The muscosa that covers the alveolar bone that supports the teeth is called the parotid papilla. False
True or false: The plural form of frenum is frena. True
True or false: excessive dryness of the mouth is called xerostomia. True
True or false: There are four pairs of salivary glands. False
The lips are covered externally with Skin
The outer edge of the nostril is called the Ala of the nose
The portion of the lips called the labial commissures is examined for Cracks, color change, variations in form
Which of the following landmarks is NOT a part of the oral cavity: vestibule, lips, Stenson's duct, gingiva. Lips
The deepest part of the the oral vestibule is called the Vestibule fornix
The tissue that lines the inner surface of the lips and cheeks is called the: Mucosa
On the labial mucosa are yellowish glands just inside the commissures called: Fordyce's spots
On the buccal mucosa is a raised white line that runs parallel to where the teeth meet, which is called the: Linea alba.
The roof of the mouth is called the Palate
The raised line that extends down the middle of the hard palate is called the Palatine raphe
The occasional lump of prominence of bone in the maxillary palate is called Torus
The projection that extends off the back of the maxillary soft palate is the Uvula
Covering the dorsal side of the tongue, where the taste buds are located, are small raised projections called Papilla
Covering the dorsal area of the tongue are hair-like projections called Filiform papillae
Name the sulcus that Mark's the end of the alveolar ridge and the beginning of the floor of the mouth. Sublingual sulcus
The largest of the salivary glands are the Parotids
From which gland does the Wharton's duct empty saliva Submandibular
The mumps are a viral infection affecting which gland? Parotid
The bone that contains the mastoid process is the Temporal
Which bone forms part of the nose, orbits, and floor of the cranium? Ethmoid
Which bone is a single continuous bone that goes across the skull anterior to the temporal bones and is shaped like a bat with its wings spread? Sphenoid
Which bones form the cheeks? Zygomatic
The tear ducts pass through which bones? Lacrimal
The largest of the facial bones, which has two sections is the Maxilla
The only moveable bone of the face is the Mandible
Which process forms the bone that supports the maxillary teeth? Alveolar
What articulates with the temporal bones to form the temporomandibular joint? Condyle
The function of the temporal muscles of mastication is to Elevate the mandible
The master muscles belong to which group of muscles of the head and neck? Muscles of mastication
This muscle is the medial surface of the lateral pterygoid plate, otherwise known as the Internal pterygoid
What group does the buccinator muscle group belong to? Muscles of facial expression
The function of this muscle is to wrinkle the skin of the chin Mentalis
The largest cranial nerve, which innervate the maxilla and mandible is the Trigeminal
What nerve branch is composed of both sensory and motor nerves?
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