Mouth

• Mouth or oral cavity - formed by the lips, cheeks, hard and soft palates, uvula. and the tongue and its muscles
• Mouth - the beginning of the digestive tract and serve as an airway for respiratory tract
• Uvula - hangs in the posterior midline of the oropharynx
• Mandible - provides structural support for the floor of the mouth
• tongue - is a mass of muscle, attached to the hyoid bone and styloid process of the temporal bone connected to the floor of the mouth by fold of tissue called the frenulum
• gums (gingiva) - covered by mucous membrane and normally hold 32 permanent teeth in the adult
• Common site for tongue cancer - side of the tongue
• Torus palatinus - a bony protuberance in the midline of the hard palate
• Parotid glands - located below and in front of the ears
• Stensen ducts - located inside the cheek across from the second upper molar
• Submandibular ducts - located in the lower jaw, open under the tongue on either side of the frenulum through openings called Wharton ducts
• Sublingual gland - located under the tongue, open through several ducts located on the floor of the mouth