Types of Oral Mucosa
The floor of the mouth is this kind of oral epithelium.
What is Lining Mucosa?
This layer contains actively dividing cells.
What is basal layer?
This is the oral tissues response to excessive friction over time.
What is hyperkeratinization?
This cell produces melanin.
What is melanocyte?
Lining mucosa is ____ epithelium.
What is nonkeratinized?
_____ _____ is associated with specialized mucosa.
Keratin serves this purpose in the keratin layer.
This condition causes red and white patches on the tongue.
Geographic tongue?
These cells resist physical forces and act as a barrier.
What are epithelial cells?
This type of keratinized tissue has no nuclei.
What is orthokeratinized?
What is masticatory mucosa
This layer makes up a majority of the orthokeratinized tissue
What is prickle layer?
Hairy tongue involves this kind of lingual papillae.
What is filiform lingual papillae?
These cells function in immune response.
What are langerhans cells?
This kinds of oral mucosa is associated keratinized epithelium.
What is masticatory mucosa?
Describe the submucosa in masticatory mucosa.
What is extremely thin or absent?
The cells in this layer contain large, stacked, polyhedral cells
What is intermediate layer?
Geographic tongue involves these kinds of lingual papillae.
What is filiform lingual papillae?
This cell functions in tactile information.
What is Merkel cell?
This type of keratinized tissue is associated with attached gingiva.
What is parakeratinzed?
This type of oral mucosa contains elastic fibers in the lamina propria and submucosa.
What is lining mucosa?
These granules are the precursor for keratin
What is keratonhyaline granules?
What is hairy tongue?
These cells function in antigen trapping and processing.
What is granstein cells?
Parakeratinized tissue has these layers
What is basal , prickle, granular, keratin layers?