MOUTH

• Mouth also known as

  oral cavity framed by cheeks, tongue, and palate
• Mouth is a entrance to gastrointestinal tract by


  lips or labia
• Muscles involve in mastication begin

  mechanical digestion involves voluntary control
• Hard palate made of bone provides hard surface


  to push food during swallowing
• Soft palate made of skeletal muscle


  elevates during swallowing
• Uvula directs


  ingested materials inferiorly