Mouth, Nose, Throat & Sinuses

• Mouth


  The beginning of the digestive tract and serves as an airway for the respiratory tracts
• Uvula

  extension of the soft palate
• Hard and Soft Palate

  roof of the oral cavity is formed by the
• Mandible (jaw bone)

  provides the structural support for the floor of the mouth
• Cheeks

  the lateral walls of the mouth, whereas the tongue and its muscles from the floor of the mouth
• Tongue

  mass of muscle
• Tongue

  asists with moving food, swallowing and speaking
• Gums (gingiva)

  cpvered by muous membrame and normally hold 32 permanent teeth in the adult
• Crown


  top, visible, white enameled part of each tooth is the
• Root

  portion of the tooth that is embedded in the gums is the
• Papillae


  dorsal surface of the tongue (small bumps)
• Saliva


  helps break down foof and lubricates it
• Amylase

  digests carbohydrates
• Throat (pharynx)


  serves as a muscular passage for food and air
• Nasopharynx


  upper part of the throat
• Oropharynx


  below the nasopharynx
• Tonsils


  are masses of lymphoid tissue, they help protect against infection
• Kiesselbach Area

  rich supply of blood vessels
• Soft Palate


  the roof of the oral cavity of the mouth is formed by the anterior hard palate and the
• Uvula


  an extension of the soft palate of the mouth, which hangs in the posterior midline of oropharynx, is the
• Frenulum

  the tongue is attached to the hyoid bone and styloid process of the temporal bone and is connected to the floor of the mouth by the
• Wharton ducts

  the submandibular glands open under the tongue through openings called
• rich blood suplly of the nose serves to

  Warm the inspired air