Papillae
Four types of papillae
What are Filiform, Fungiform, Circumvallate, & Folaite?
Taste buds consist of these type of cells
What are epithelial cells?
True or False: Lining mucosa is soft, pliable, & keratinized
What is false
What is free gingiva?
This tissue makes up the oral cavity
What is stratified squamous epithelium?
Most numerous papillae?
What is filiform?
True or False: Temperature & odors contribute to flavors
What is true?
Subaceous glands at corners of mouth not associated with hair follicles
What are Fordyce spots?
Infection, food impaction, calculus & other irritants cause this
What is deepening of the sulcus?
What is anterior?
These papillae are present at the tip of the tongue
What is fungiform?
This nerve is responsible for sensory perception of the anterior 2/3's
What is the trigeminal nerve?
This makes the cheeks unique
What are hemidesmosomes?
This lies on either side of the median raphe
What is rugae?
These papillae contain taste buds
What are fungiform, circumvallate, & foliate?
This papillae responds to sour
What is all four papillae?
This transparent protein contributes to the red border of lips
What is Eleidin?
Collagen bands that insert into papillary fibers of the lamina propria & extend into the bony palate
What are traction bands?
These cells produce melanin
What are melanocytes?
Von Ebner's glands surround this papillae
What is circumvallate papillae?
Without this, food would taste like metal
What is Chorda Tympani?
This is another name for stratum intermedium
What is stratum spinosum?
Desmosomes become discoid & are called ____ in the oral mucosa
What are macula adherens?
These cells are considered touch receptors