Hard Palate
What is the anteriormost portion of the roof of the oral cavity?
Hard palate
___ is situated in the floor of the oral cavity
What is the Tongue
The process of chewing food into small pieces?
What is Mastication
____ Serves as a partial septum between the pharynx and the mouth
What is the soft palate?
What is considered the first division of the digestive system?
Mouth
The angle is ____ when the hard palate is high?
Less
vertical band or fold connects the tongue to the base of the mouth?
What is the frenulum
What results from mastication?
Bolus of food
The small, prolonged, pendulous process of the soft palate?
What is the uvula?
What forms the roof of the mouth?
Hard and Soft palate
What forms the hard palate?
Horizontal planes of the maxillae and palatine bones
Direction of the base of the tongue?
What is Posterior?
How many teeth do most adults have?
28 teeth
The soft palate begin here _____
What is the last Molar
What is an alternate name for the mouth?
Oral Cavity
What is the space between the teeth and the cheeks within the mouth?
Oral vestibule
___ Sits medially to the palatine tonsils.
What are the Lingual Tonsils
What is the purpose of saliva?
Softens the food, keeps the mouth moist, and contributes digestive enzymes.
____ Projects forward to the sides of the base of the tongue?
What are anterior arches?
Where does CHEMICAL digestion begin?
What is the stomach?
What determines the angulation of the inner surface of the alveolar process
What is the height of the hard palate
Mucous membrane is elevated into a crest-like ridge called _____
What is the Sublingual fold?
____ classification of teeth are in the posterior most portion of the mouth?
What are Molars
What Involuntary reflex occurs if the uvula is agitated continuously
Pharyngeal reflex
What initiates digestion of complex carbohydrates into simple sugars in the mouth?
Amylase