Oral Histology and Embryology ACTUAL
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Oral Vesitbule - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Space bordered by: inside of lips, cheeks, and
outside surfaces of the jaws and teeth.
Oral Cavity proper - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Space bordered by : inside surfaces of
teeth, jaws, palate, floor of mouth, and fauces.
Palatine Fovea - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅where start of soft palate and end of hard palate
meet.
Filiform lingual papillae - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Small pointed projections "threadlike"
that heavily covert most of the dorsum of the anterior 2/3 of the tongue. NO taste buds and
the most numerous.
Medial lingual sulcus - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅line divided down the middle of tongue.
Funigform lingual papillae - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Small "mushroom looking" circular
papillae scattered across the anterior 2/3 of the DORSUM of the tongue.
Foliate lingual papillae - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Lateral side and posterior of the
tongue. poorly developed papilla
Circumvallate lingual papillae - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Large v-shaped row of papillae
lying on the posterior dorsum of the tongue. About 15 or 8-12 in a row. Has taste buds and
salivary glands.
Lingual tonsils - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅makes WBC to keep you healthy.
Suclus terminals - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅where oral cavity proper stops --> then
pharynx --> larynx --> trachea.
, Who found and discovered papialle? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Van Elner
Lingual Frenulum - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Little tissue under tongue that helps to
maneuver tongue.
(Is a major salivary gland when eating)
Parotid gland --> Parotid papilla - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅= Stenson's duct
Gland under the tongue - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Sublingual gland
Gland under mandible - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Submandibular gland
Where Sublingual gland and Submandibular gland meet is called the? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Sublingual frenum = Wharton's duct
Two clear, flimsy lines spaced between eachother. Found under the tongue - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Plicae Fimbriate
Found on the ventral side of tongue are deep, dark veins called? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Deep lingual veins or varacost veins or lingual varicosities
Allows you to breathe or swallow - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Epiglottis
Chin - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Mental protuberance
Little groove/indention under lips and in the middle of chin - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Labiomental groove
Small, rounded, oblong mound of tissue directly behind or lingual to the maxillary front
incisors and lying over the incisive foramen. - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Incisive papilla
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Oral Vesitbule - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Space bordered by: inside of lips, cheeks, and
outside surfaces of the jaws and teeth.
Oral Cavity proper - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Space bordered by : inside surfaces of
teeth, jaws, palate, floor of mouth, and fauces.
Palatine Fovea - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅where start of soft palate and end of hard palate
meet.
Filiform lingual papillae - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Small pointed projections "threadlike"
that heavily covert most of the dorsum of the anterior 2/3 of the tongue. NO taste buds and
the most numerous.
Medial lingual sulcus - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅line divided down the middle of tongue.
Funigform lingual papillae - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Small "mushroom looking" circular
papillae scattered across the anterior 2/3 of the DORSUM of the tongue.
Foliate lingual papillae - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Lateral side and posterior of the
tongue. poorly developed papilla
Circumvallate lingual papillae - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Large v-shaped row of papillae
lying on the posterior dorsum of the tongue. About 15 or 8-12 in a row. Has taste buds and
salivary glands.
Lingual tonsils - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅makes WBC to keep you healthy.
Suclus terminals - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅where oral cavity proper stops --> then
pharynx --> larynx --> trachea.
, Who found and discovered papialle? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Van Elner
Lingual Frenulum - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Little tissue under tongue that helps to
maneuver tongue.
(Is a major salivary gland when eating)
Parotid gland --> Parotid papilla - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅= Stenson's duct
Gland under the tongue - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Sublingual gland
Gland under mandible - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Submandibular gland
Where Sublingual gland and Submandibular gland meet is called the? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Sublingual frenum = Wharton's duct
Two clear, flimsy lines spaced between eachother. Found under the tongue - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Plicae Fimbriate
Found on the ventral side of tongue are deep, dark veins called? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Deep lingual veins or varacost veins or lingual varicosities
Allows you to breathe or swallow - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Epiglottis
Chin - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Mental protuberance
Little groove/indention under lips and in the middle of chin - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Labiomental groove
Small, rounded, oblong mound of tissue directly behind or lingual to the maxillary front
incisors and lying over the incisive foramen. - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Incisive papilla
