Chapter 2 Orofacial Anatomy (100)|Latest Update with A+
Graded Answers
The inside of the mouth is known as the _____.
oral cavity
Underlying the upper lip is the _____, or upper jaw.
maxillae
The bone underlying the lower lip is the _____, or lower jaw.
mandible
The oral cavity is lined by a mucous membrane, the _____.
oral mucosa
The inner parts of the lips are lined by a pink and thick _____.
labial mucosa
The labial mucosa is continuous with the equally pink and thick _____ that lines the inner
cheek.
buccal mucosa
The upper and lower horseshoe-shaped spaces in the oral cavoty between the lips and cheeks
anteriorly and laterally and the teeth and their soft tissue medially ad posteriorly are considered
the mazillary and mandibular _____.
vestibules
Deep within each vestibule is the vestibular fornix, where the pink and thick labial or buccal
mucosa meets the redder and thinner _____ at the mucobuccal fold.
alveolar mucosa
On the inner part of the buccal mucosa, just opposite the maxillary second molar, is the _____,
a small elevation of tissue that protects the duct opening from the parotid salivary gland.
parotid papilla
The _____ is a fold of tissue located at the midline between the labial mucosa and the alveolar
mucosa on both the maxilla and mandible.
labial frenum
Graded Answers
The inside of the mouth is known as the _____.
oral cavity
Underlying the upper lip is the _____, or upper jaw.
maxillae
The bone underlying the lower lip is the _____, or lower jaw.
mandible
The oral cavity is lined by a mucous membrane, the _____.
oral mucosa
The inner parts of the lips are lined by a pink and thick _____.
labial mucosa
The labial mucosa is continuous with the equally pink and thick _____ that lines the inner
cheek.
buccal mucosa
The upper and lower horseshoe-shaped spaces in the oral cavoty between the lips and cheeks
anteriorly and laterally and the teeth and their soft tissue medially ad posteriorly are considered
the mazillary and mandibular _____.
vestibules
Deep within each vestibule is the vestibular fornix, where the pink and thick labial or buccal
mucosa meets the redder and thinner _____ at the mucobuccal fold.
alveolar mucosa
On the inner part of the buccal mucosa, just opposite the maxillary second molar, is the _____,
a small elevation of tissue that protects the duct opening from the parotid salivary gland.
parotid papilla
The _____ is a fold of tissue located at the midline between the labial mucosa and the alveolar
mucosa on both the maxilla and mandible.
labial frenum
