MOUTH CAVITY Mouth cavity is divided into 2 main parts VESTIBULE OF MOUTH slit-like space bounded by : - externally : lips

ips & cheeks - internally : gums & teeth opens into outside through oral fissure when jaws are closed, the vestibule is connected to mouth cavity proper, through an interval behind the last molar teeth on each side

MOUTH CAVITY PROPER bounded by anterior & lateral posterior gums & teeth communicates with the pharynx thru the isthmus of fauces *isthmus is bounded by palate-glossal arch on each side hard & soft palate anterior 2/3 of the tongue

roof floor

frenulum linguae = median fold of mucosa that connects the under surface of the tongue to the floor of the mouth sublingual folds = small ridge on each side of the frenulum on the floor *lateral to the frenulum, there is the lingual vein & lateral to it, there are fimbriated folds (on each side)

MUSCLES OF THE FLOOR OF MOUTH DIGASTRIC intermediate tendon held by loop of deep fascia which binds the tendon down to the junction of body & greater cornu of hyoid bone STYLOHYOID styloid process of temporal bone MYLOHYOID the whole length of mylohyoid line of mandible GENIOHYOID inferior mental spine behind the symphysis menti of mandible anterior surface of body of hyoid bone 1st cervical nerve through hypoglossal nerve ( C1 ) - depresses mandible - elevates hyoid bone & draws it forwards

origin

posterior belly medial surface of mastoid process

anterior belly

insertion

intermediate tendon

lower border of body of mandible (near median plane) intermediate tendon junction of the body & the greater cornu of hyoid bone anterior belly facial nerve elevates hyoid bone

post. fibers

ant. fibers

nerve supply action

posterior belly facial nerve (C7) - depresses mandible - elevates the hyoid bone

nerve to mylohyoid

body of hyoid fibrous raphe in bone the midline mylohyoid branch of inferior alveolar nerve (n. t. mylohyoid) - when mandible is fixed, elevates the floor of mouth & hyoid bone during the first stage of swallowing - when hyoid bone is fixed assists in the depression of mandible & opening of mouth

MUSCLES OF SOFT PALATE TENSOR PALATI origin - scaphoid fossa - greater wing of sphenoid - spine of sphenoid - outer surface of auditory tube (cartilagenous part) insertion its tendon hooks around the pterygoid hamulus to be inserted in the palatine crest nerve trunk of mandibular supply nerve action tenses or tightens of soft palate LEVATOR PALATI - quadrangular area on the inferior surface of petrous part of temporal bone - medial surface of auditory tube (cartilaginous part) upper surface of palatine aponeurosis PALATOGLOSSUS under surface of palatine aponeurosis PALATOPHARYNGEUS - posterior border of hard palate - palatine aponeurosis MUSCULUS UVULAE posterior nasal spine

lateral side of tongue

lamina of thyroid cartilage

mucous membrane of the uvula

cranial part of accessory nerve, through the pharyngeal plexus elevation of soft palate - depress the palate - elevates the root of tongue - narrows the oro-pharyngeal isthmus - depress the palate - narrows the naso-pharyngeal isthmus (together with soft palate) - retracts uvula - elevates uvula