Oral Cavity and Pharynx

Learning Objectives

New Key Terms

Alveolar mucosa (al-vee-o-lar mu-ko-sah), processes

Alveolus (al-vee-oh-lus) (plural, alveoli [al-vee-oh-lie])

Anterior faucial pillar (faw-shawl), teeth

Arch(es): dental, mandibular (man-dib-you-lar), maxillary (mak-sil-lare-e)

Buccal (buk-al), fat pad

Canine eminence (kay-nine em-i-nins)

Canines (kay-nines)

Cementum (see-men-tum)

Crown (den-tin)

Dentin (den-tin)

Duct: parotid (pah-rot-id), sublingual (sub-ling-gwal), submandibular (sub-man-dib-you-lar)

Enamel (ih-nam-l)

Exostoses (eks-ox-toe-seez)

Facial (fay-shal)

Fauces (faw-seez)

Floor of the mouth (for-ay-men se-kum)

Foramen cecum (for-ay-men se-kum)

Fordyce’s spots (for-die-seez)

Gingiva (jin-ji-vah): attached, marginal

Gingival sulcus (jin-ji-val sul-kus)

Incisors (in-sigh-zers)

Labial (lay-be-al), frenum (free-num) (plural, frena [free-nah])

Laryngopharynx (lah-ring-gah-fare-inks)

Linea alba (lin-ee-ah al-bah)

Lingual (ling-gwal), frenum (free-num), papillae (pah-pil-ay), tonsil (ton-sil)

Lingual papillae (pah-pil-ay): circumvallate (serk-um-val-ate), filiform (fil-i-form), foliate (fo-le-ate), fungiform (fun-ji-form)

Mandible (man-di-bl): body of the

Mandibular teeth (man-dib-you-lar), torus (tore-us) (plural, tori [tore-eye])

Mastication (mass-ti-kay-shin)

Maxilla (mak-sil-ah): body of the

Maxillary (mak-si-lare-ee) sinuses (sy-nuses), teeth, tuberosity (too-beh-ros-i-tee)

Median lingual sulcus (lay-be-al sul-kus), palatine raphe (pal-ah-tine ra-fe)

Melanin pigmentation (mel-a-nin)

Molars (mo-lerz)

Mucobuccal fold (mu-ko-buk-al)

Mucogingival junction (mu-ko-jin-ji-val)

Mucosa (mu-ko-sah): buccal (buk al), labial (lay-be-al), oral

Nasopharynx (nay-zo-fare-inks)

Oral cavity proper (or-o-fare-inks)

Oropharynx (or-o-fare-inks)

Palatal (pal-ah-tal), torus (tore-us)

Palate (pal-it): hard, soft

Palatine (pal-ah-tine) tonsils (ton-sils), rugae (ru-ge)

Papilla (pah-pil-ah) (plural, papillae [pah-pil-ay]): incisive (in-sy-ziv), interdental (in-ter-den-tal), parotid (pah-rot-id)

Periodontal ligament (pare-ee-o-don-tl)

Plica fimbriata (pli-kah fim-bree-ay-tah) (plural, plicae fimbriatae [pli-kay fim-bree-ay-tay])

Posterior teeth, faucial pillar (faw-shawl)

Premolars (pre-mo-lerz)

Pterygomandibular fold (teh-ri-go-man-dib-yule-lar)

Pulp (re-tro-mo-ler)

Retromolar pad (re-tro-mo-ler)

Root(s) (sub-ling-gwal), caruncle (kar-unk-kl)

Sublingual fold (sub-ling-gwal), caruncle (kar-unk-kl)

Sulcus terminalis (sul-kus ter-mi-nal-is)

Taste buds (u-vu-lah)

Teeth permanent, primary (u-vu-lah)

Tongue apex of the, base of the, body of the, dorsal surface of, lateral surface of, ventral surface of (u-vu-lah)

Uvula (u-vu-lah)

Vestibular fornix (ves-tib-u-lar fore-niks)

Vestibules (ves-ti-bules)