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VESTIBULE:
ORAL CAVITY – space bounded by FORNIX VESTIBULI – or
the lips anteriorly, the oropharynx VESTIBULAR FORNIX is s horse
posteriorly, the cheeks laterally, shoe-shaped furrow lined by mucus
the palate superiorly and the floor membrane which is the area of
of the mouth inferiorly reflection between the roof of the
lips or the cheeks and the alveolar
FUNCTIONS OF THE ORAL bone
CAVITY:
• MASTICATION ALVEOLAR BONE – houses the
• AIRWAY tooth
• SPEECH
ALVEOLAR MUCOSA – a darker
MUCUS MEMBRANE – or the red mucosa on the medial border
ORAL MUCOSA is a pink soft tissue of the oral vestibule containing
lining which protects your oral more blood vessels and few
cavity salivary glands
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