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The Mouth
The Lips
The Tongue
The Gums
The Uvula
100
Another word for chewing
What is mastication?
100
These are continuous with the lips on either side of them
What are the cheeks?
100
control taste
What are taste buds?
100
The gums rise to form a collar around this part of the tooth
What is the crown?
100
Plays key role in this.
What is the articulation of the sound of the human voice?
200
This prepares the food for transport through the digestive tract
What is chewing?
200
the outside of composition of the lips. In other words, the "material" of the external lips
What is skin?
200
The tongue works in conjunction with this to guide and maintain food until chewing is complete
What are the cheeks?
200
The gums are rich in these
What are blood vessels?
200
The uvula works with these (name 2 of 3) to create sounds.
What are the back of the throat, the palate, and air coming up from the lungs?
300
The lining of the mouth
What is the mucosa?
300
The membrane that covers the inside of the lips
What is mucosa?
300
The tongue helps with these motor functions (name 2)
What is speech, chewing, and swallowing?
300
The blood vessels in the gums supply these two parts of the mouth (2 things)
What are the teeth and spongy bone?
300
Massaging the uvula can initiate this.
What is the gag reflex?
400
a function of the mouth that prepares the body for a meal
What is the production of saliva?
400
found in the tissue beneath the skin of the cheek
What is a fat pad?
400
mass of mushed-up food that gets pushed to the back of the throat and down the esophagus
What is a bolus?
400
Name of the tooth sockets
What are the alveoli dentales?
400
This comes up when you activate the gag reflex
What are stomach contents?
500
A flap that covers the windpipe when you swallow
What is the epiglottis?
500
Found opposite the second upper molar
What is the opening of the parotid duct?
500
These cells make up the taste buds
What are epithelial cells?
500
The type of blood vessels in the gums
What is alveolar?
500
During swallowing, the uvula helps close off this.
What is the nasopharynx?