Vet Med Term. Ch6: Gut Instincts (Mouth)

The digestive system is referred to as the ___,___, or ___.

Digestive system/ tract

Alimentary System

Gastrointestinal (GI) system/tract

The combining form for nourishment is

aliment/o

The ___ contains the lips and cheeks, hard and soft palates, salivary glands, tougue, teeth, and periodontium.

oral cavity

Combining forms are ____ and ____

or/o and stomat/o

The combining form for jaw is

gnath/o

An animal that has __ has an elongated mandible, or mandible that is overshot sometimes called sow mouth.

Porgnathia

An animal that has a __ has a shortened mandible or mandible that is undershot, sometimes called parrot mouth.

Brachygnathia

The term is the medical term for lips and the combining forms are ___ and ___.

Libia

cheil/o and labi/o.

The cheeks from the walls of the oral cavity and its combining form is __.

bucc/o

The palate froms the roof of the mouth and comes in two part: __ and __

Hard palate

Soft palate

combining form: palat/o

__forms the bony rostral portion of the plate that is covered in specilized mecous membrane.

Hrad palate

The specilized mecous membrane covering the hard palate has irrgiular folds called ___.

Rugae (also found in stomach)

combining form: Rug/o (wrinkel or fold)

__froms the flexable caudal protion of the palate that is involved in closng off the nasel passage during swallowing.

Soft palate

The dorsum of the tongue has __ or elevations, and the ventral surface of the tongue is highly vasculaed. There is also diffent types.

Papillae

Differnt types of papillae located on the dorsum: ___ papillae appears threadlike; ___ papillae appears mushroomlike; and ___ appears cup-shaped.

Filiform

Fungiform

Vallate

(taste bugs are located on the fungi. and vallate papillae)

The tongue is connected to the ventral surface of the orla cavity by a band if connective tissue called the ____.

Frenulum

The combining form for tongue are __ and _.

gloss/o and lingu/o

The ___ of the cheek is the side adjacent to the tongue.

Lingual surface

The primary dention ( teeth as a whole) or __ is the temporary set of teeth that erupt in young animals and are rplaced at/ near maturity.

Dentition

Combing form: Decidu/o

The __ is the set of teeth designed to last the lifetime of an animal.

Permanent dentition

The deciduous tooth that has not been shed is called a __.

Retained deciduous tooth

4 Types of teeth:

__ is the front tooth used for cutting; abbreviated I.

Incisor

4 Types of teeth:

__ long pointed bonelike tooth, located between incisor and premolars: abbreviated C.

Canine

4 Types of teeth:

__cheek tooth found between the canine teeth and molars, also called bicuspids; abbreviated P.

Premolor

4 Types of teeth:

__ most caudally located permanent cheek tooth used for griding; abbreviated M.

Molar

__ is the shorthand method used to write the number and type of tooth of an animal.

Dental formula

The __ is the hard white substance covering the dentin of the crown of the tooth.

Enamel

__ is the bonelike connective tissue that covers the root of the tooth.

Cementum

The __ is the connective tissue surrounding the tooth pulp.

Dentin

The __ consist of nerves, blood vessels, and loose connective tissue.

Pulp

__ is the hoel at the tip of the root where nerves and blood vessel enter the tooth.

Apical foramen

The __ are the structures that support the teeth.

Periodontia

Teeth are situatedin sockets or saclike dilations called __.

Alveoli

The thin layer of compact bone that forms the tooth socket is the __.

Alveolar bone

The fibrous structure that hods the tooth in the alveous is the __.

Periodontal ligament

The __ is the mucous membrane that surrounds the teeth and forms the mouth lining.

Gingiva

Combinig form: gingiv/o

The space that surrounds the tooth is the __.

Gingival sulcus

Different types of salivary glands:

The __ salivary glands are found near the mandible.

The— salivary glands are found under the tongue

The — salivary glands are found medial to the zygomatic arch

The — salivary glands are found near the ear

Mandibular

Sublingual

Zygomatic

Parotid

The combing form for ear is __

The combinign form for salivary glands are __ and —.

ot/o

sailaden/o and sial/o

__ is a branch of dentistry that involves treatment of diseases that affect the tooth pulp.

Endodontics

__ is a branch of dentistry that involves extraction of teeth and related procedures.

Exodontics

__ is branch of dentsitry that involves the guidance and correction of malocclusion.

Orthodontics

__ is a branch of dentistry that studies and treats the disease of tooth-supporting structures.

Periodontic