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Histo GI Tract Oral Cavity
Oral cavity
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Medical
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04/11/2011

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Term
What type of glands are found on the tongue? Between what tissues are they located?
Definition
Serous glands of von Ebner
Muscous glands
Found between skeletal muscle bundles
Term
What are the different types of papillae found on the tongue?
Definition
Foliate
Circumvalate
Fungiform
Filiform
Term
Which papillae have taste buds located on the their sides?
Definition
Circumvallate
Follate
Term
Which papillae have taste buds on their upper surface?
Definition
Fungiform
Term
What types of papillae lack taste buds? What is the purpose of these papillae?
Definition
Filiform papillae lack taste buds. Their purpose is the grip food.
Term
What is the largest type of papillae found on the tongue?
Definition
Circumvallate papillae.
Term
Which stains darker von Ebner or musous glands?
Definition
Von Ebner glands stain darker.
Term
What types of cells are present in the acini of the parotid gland?
Definition
serous (dark staining)
Term
What types of cells are present in the acini of the submandibular gland?
Definition
Serous acini and mucous acini along wit serous demilunes
Term
What types of cells are located in the acini sublingual salivary gland?
Definition
Musous acini and serous demilunes.
Term
What are the two types of intralobular ducts? Which is larger?
Definition
Intercalated and striated
Striated ducts are larger.
Term
What type of epithelium makes up the mucosa of the oral cavity?
Definition
Stratified squamous nonkeratinizing epithelia
Term
What are the two different types of mucosa in the oral cavity? What are the differences between these mucosa?
Definition
Lining mucosa which has stratified nonkeratinizing epithelia and lines the floor of the mouth, cheek, inner side of lip, inferior side of tongue--all regions which cover skeletal muscle.
-Masticatory mucosa covers the hard palate and dorsum of tongue and has stratified squamous keratinizing epithelia.
Term
What is the tooth derived from?
Definition
Invaginations of the ectodermal epithelium
Term
What is the hardest tissue of the body?
Definition
Enamel
Term
T/F. Enamel is acellular.
Definition
True
Term
What hydroxyapetite bone-like substance covers the root of the tooth?
Definition
Cementum?
Term
Osteocytes are equivalent to what cell in cementum?
Definition
cementocytes
Term
What do odontoblasts form?
Definition
Dentin
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