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==<font color="purple">Oral Cavity Flashcards</font>==
 
==<font color="purple">Oral Cavity Flashcards</font>==
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|q1=Which germ layer lines the oral cavity?
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|a1=Ectoderm
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|q2=Which cranial nerve innervates the oral cavity?
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|a2=Trigeminal nerve (CN V)
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|<big>'''Which germ layer lines the oral cavity?'''
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*'''''Ectoderm'''''
 
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||[[Oral Cavity Overview - Anatomy & Physiology#Histology and Innervation|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 
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[[Category:Oral Cavity Anatomy & Physiology Flashcards]][[Category:Oral Cavity - Anatomy & Physiology]]
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|<big>'''Which cranial nerve innervates the oral cavity?'''
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*'''''Trigeminal nerve (CN V)'''''
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||[[Oral Cavity Overview - Anatomy & Physiology#Histology and Innervation|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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==<font color="purple">Lips Flashcards</font>==
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!width="400"|'''Question'''
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!width="400"|'''Answer'''
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!width="150"|'''Article'''
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|<big>'''Which muscle closes the lips?'''
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*'''''Obicularis oris'''''
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||[[Lips - Anatomy & Physiology#Structure and Function|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''Which minor salivary glands are present?'''
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*'''''Labial glands'''''
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||[[Lips - Anatomy & Physiology#Histology|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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==<font color="purple">Cheeks Flashcards</font>==
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{| border="3" cellpadding="8"
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!width="400"|'''Question'''
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!width="400"|'''Answer'''
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!width="150"|'''Article'''
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|<big>'''Which glands are present in the cheeks?'''
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*'''''Buccal'''''
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*'''''Zygomatic (carnivore only)'''''
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||[[Cheeks - Anatomy & Physiology#Histology|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''What type of epithelium lines the inside of the cheeks?'''
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*'''''Non keratinised stratified squamous epithelium'''''
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*'''''Keratinised stratified squamous epithelium in ruminants'''''
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||[[Cheeks - Anatomy & Physiology#Histology|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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==<font color="purple">Mastication Flashcards</font>==
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{| border="3" cellpadding="8"
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!width="400"|'''Question'''
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!width="400"|'''Answer'''
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!width="150"|'''Article'''
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|<big>'''Name the jaw opening muscle and its innervations'''
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*'''''Digastricus'''''
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*'''''Facial Nerve (CN VII)'''''
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*'''''Manidbular branch of Trigeminal nerve (CN V3)'''''
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||[[Mastication#Jaw Opening Muscles|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''Name the jaw closing muscles'''
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*'''''Masseter'''''
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*'''''Temporalis'''''
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*'''''Lateral and Medial Pterygoids'''''
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||[[Mastication#Jaw Closing Muscles|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''What is the innervation of the jaw closing muscles?'''
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*'''''Mandibular branch of the Trigeminal nerve (CN V3)'''''
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||[[Mastication#Jaw Closing Muscles|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|-
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|<big>'''What are the functions of the lateral pterygoid?'''
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||<font color="white"> <big>
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*'''''Protrudes the jaw'''''
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*'''''One-sided contraction to close jaw'''''
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||[[Mastication#Jaw Closing Muscles|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''What is the function of the medial pterygoid?'''
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||<font color="white"> <big>
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*'''''One-sided contraction to close jaw'''''
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||[[Mastication#Jaw Closing Muscles|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|-
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|<big>'''What are the functions of the temporalis muscle?'''
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||<big>Pulls mandible <font color="white">'''''Rostrally'''''</font>which can lead to an <font color="white">'''''Overbite'''''</font> Pulls mandible <font color="white">'''''Caudally'''''</font>which can lead to an <font color="white">'''''Underbite'''''
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*'''''Pulls mandible dorsally'''''
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||[[Mastication#Jaw Closing Muscles|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|-
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|<big>'''What is the function of the masseter muscle?'''
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||<font color="white"> <big>
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*'''''Uni- and bi-lateral contractions to close jaw'''''
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*'''''Prodrudes jaw'''''
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||[[Mastication#Jaw Closing Muscles|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|-
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|<big>'''What processes form the temperomandibular joint?'''
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||<font color="white"> <big>
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*'''''Condylar Process of Mandible'''''
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*'''''Mandibular Process of Skull'''''
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||[[Mastication#Jaw Articulation|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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==<font color="purple">Soft Palate Flashcards</font>==
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{| border="3" cellpadding="8"
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!width="400"|'''Question'''
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!width="400"|'''Answer'''
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!width="150"|'''Article'''
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|-
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|<big>'''Which cranial nerve supplies taste and sensation to the soft palate?'''
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||<font color="white"> <big>
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*'''''Glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX)'''''
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||[[Soft Palate - Anatomy & Physiology#Musculature and Innervation|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|-
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|<big>'''Which cranial nerves innervate the palatine muscle?'''
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||<font color="white"> <big>
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*'''''Vagus nerve (CN X)'''''
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*'''''Glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX)'''''
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||[[Soft Palate - Anatomy & Physiology#Musculature and Innervation|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|-
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|<big>'''Which cranial nerve innervates the tensor velli palatini muscle?'''
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||<font color="white"> <big>
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*'''''Mandibular branch of the Trigeminal nerve (CN V3)'''''
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||[[Soft Palate - Anatomy & Physiology#Musculature and Innervation|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|-
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|<big>'''Which cranial nerve innervates the levator velli palatini muscle?'''
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||<font color="white"> <big>
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*'''''Vagus nerve (CN X)'''''
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*'''''Glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX)'''''
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||[[Soft Palate - Anatomy & Physiology#Musculature and Innervation|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|-
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|<big>'''Which cranial nerves innervate the palatopharyngeus muscle?'''
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||<font color="white"> <big>
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*'''''Vagus nerve (CN X)'''''
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*'''''Glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX)'''''
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||[[Soft Palate - Anatomy & Physiology#Musculature and Innervation|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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==<font color="purple">Teeth & Gingiva Flashcards</font>==
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{| border="3" cellpadding="8"
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!width="400"|'''Question'''
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!width="400"|'''Answer'''
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!width="150"|'''Article'''
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|<big>'''What do ameloblasts secrete?'''
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||<font color="white"> <big>
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*'''''Enamel'''''
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||[[Enamel|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|-
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|<big>'''What do odontoblasts secrete?'''
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||<font color="white"> <big>
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*'''''Dentine'''''
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||[[Dentine|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''What do cementoblasts secrete?'''
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||<font color="white"> <big>
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*'''''Cementum'''''
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||[[Cementum|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''What is the dental formula for the permanent teeth of the dog?'''
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||<font color="white"> <big>
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*'''''2 (I3/3 C1/1 P4/4 M2/3)'''''
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||[[Oral Cavity - Teeth & Gingiva - Anatomy & Physiology#The Dog|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|-
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|<big>'''What is the dental formula for the permanent teeth of the cat?'''
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||<font color="white"> <big>
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*'''''2 (I3/3 C1/1 P3/2 M1/1)'''''
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||[[Oral Cavity - Teeth & Gingiva - Anatomy & Physiology#The Cat|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|-
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|<big>'''What is the dental formula for the permanent teeth of the horse?'''
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||<font color="white"> <big>
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*'''''2 (I3/3 C1/1 P3-4/3 M3/3)'''''
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||[[Oral Cavity - Teeth & Gingiva - Anatomy & Physiology#The Horse|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|-
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|<big>'''What is the dental formula for the permanent teeth of ruminants?'''
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||<font color="white"> <big>
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*'''''2 (I0/3 C0/1 P3/3 M3/3)'''''
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||[[Oral Cavity - Teeth & Gingiva - Anatomy & Physiology#Cow, Sheep and Goat|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|-
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|<big>'''What is the dental formula for the permanent teeth of the pig?'''
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||<font color="white"> <big>
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*'''''2 (I3/3 C1/1 P4/4 M3/3)'''''
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||[[Oral Cavity - Teeth & Gingiva - Anatomy & Physiology#The Pig|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|-
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|<big>'''What is the dental formula for the permanent teeth of the rabbit?'''
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||<font color="white"> <big>
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*'''''2 (I1/1 C0/0 P3/2 M3/3)'''''
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||[[Oral Cavity - Teeth & Gingiva - Anatomy & Physiology#Rabbits|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''Which arteries supply the gingiva?'''
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||<font color="white"> <big>
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*'''''Superior and Inferior Alveolar arteries'''''
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||[[Oral Cavity - Teeth & Gingiva - Anatomy & Physiology#Vasculature and Innervation of the Gingiva|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|-
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|<big>'''Which nerve innervates the gingiva?'''
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||<font color="white"> <big>
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*'''''Trigeminal nerve (CN V)'''''
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||[[Oral Cavity - Teeth & Gingiva - Anatomy & Physiology#Vasculature and Innervation of the Gingiva|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|}
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==<font color="purple">Oropharynx Flashcards</font>==
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{| border="3" cellpadding="8"
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!width="400"|'''Question'''
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!width="400"|'''Answer'''
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!width="150"|'''Article'''
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|-
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|<big>'''Which nerves innervate the oropharynx?'''
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||<font color="white"> <big>
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*'''''Vagus nerve (CN X)'''''
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*'''''Glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX)'''''
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||[[Oral Cavity - Oropharynx - Anatomy & Physiology#Innervation|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|-
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|<big>'''Which muscle dilates the oropharynx?'''
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||<font color="white"> <big>
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*'''''Stylopharyngeus'''''
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||[[Oral Cavity - Oropharynx - Anatomy & Physiology#Musculature|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|-
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|<big>'''What type of epithelium lines the oropharynx?'''
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||<font color="white"> <big>
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*'''''Stratified squamous epithelium'''''
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||[[Pharynx - Anatomy & Physiology#Histology|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|}
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==<font color="purple">Tongue Flashcards</font>==
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{| border="3" cellpadding="8"
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!width="400"|'''Question'''
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!width="400"|'''Answer'''
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!width="150"|'''Article'''
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|<big>'''What does the styloglossus muscle do?'''
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*'''''Raises the Tongue'''''
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*'''''Retracts the Tongue'''''
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||[[Oral Cavity - Tongue - Anatomy & Physiology#Muscles|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|-
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|<big>'''What does the genioglossus muscle do?'''
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||<font color="white"> <big>
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*'''''Protrudes the Tongue'''''
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*'''''Depresses the Tongue'''''
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||[[Oral Cavity - Tongue - Anatomy & Physiology#Muscles|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|-
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|<big>'''What does the hyoglossus muscle do?'''
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||<font color="white"> <big>
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*'''''Retracts the Tongue'''''
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*'''''Depresses the Tongue'''''
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||[[Oral Cavity - Tongue - Anatomy & Physiology#Muscles|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''Which nerves innervate the tongue?'''
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||<font color="white"> <big>
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*'''''Hypoglossal nerve (CN XII)'''''
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*'''''Trigeminal nerve (CN V) supplies the Rostral 2/3'''''
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*'''''Facial nerve (CN VII) supplies the Rostral 2/3'''''
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*'''''Glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX) supplies the Caudal 1/3'''''
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||[[Oral Cavity - Tongue - Anatomy & Physiology#Muscles|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|}
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==<font color="purple">Salivary Glands Flashcards</font>==
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{| border="3" cellpadding="8"
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!width="400"|'''Question'''
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!width="400"|'''Answer'''
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!width="150"|'''Article'''
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|<big>'''Name the minor salivary glands'''
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||<font color="white"> <big>
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*'''''Labial'''''
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*'''''Lingual'''''
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*'''''Buccal'''''
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*'''''Palatine'''''
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||[[Oral Cavity - Salivary Glands - Anatomy & Physiology#Minor Salivary Glands|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|-
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|<big>'''Name the major salivary glands'''
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||<font color="white"> <big>
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*'''''Parotid'''''
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*'''''Mandibular'''''
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*'''''Sublingual'''''
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*'''''Zygomatic'''''
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||[[Oral Cavity - Salivary Glands - Anatomy & Physiology#Major Salivary Glands|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|-
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|<big>'''How much saliva do the following animals produce per day?'''
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||<big>The Horse can produce up to <font color="white">'''''40 Litres'''''</font> of saliva per day. The Cow can produce between <font color="white">'''''110-180 Litres'''''</font> of saliva per day.
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||[[Oral Cavity - Salivary Glands - Anatomy & Physiology#Species Differences|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''Describe the path of the parotid duct in the carnivore'''
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*'''''The parotid duct runs across the masseter muscle to open in the 4th upper premolar'''''
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||[[Parotid Gland - Anatomy & Physiology#Carnivores|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|-
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|<big>'''Describe the path of the parotid duct in the herbivore'''
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||<font color="white"> <big>
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*'''''The parotid duct runs ventral to the angle of the jaw below the mandible to open in the 4th upper premolar'''''
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||[[Parotid Gland - Anatomy & Physiology#Herbivores|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|-
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|<big>'''Is the secretion of the parotid salivary gland serous, mucous or mixed?'''
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||<font color="white"> <big>
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*'''''Serous'''''
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||[[Parotid Gland - Anatomy & Physiology|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|-
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|<big>'''Is the secretion of the mandibular salivary gland serous, mucous or mixed?'''
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||<font color="white"> <big>
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*'''''Mixed'''''
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||[[Mandibular Gland - Anatomy & Physiology|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|-
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|<big>'''Is the secretion of the sublingual salivary gland serous, mucous or mixed?'''
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||<font color="white"> <big>
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*'''''Mixed'''''
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||[[Sublingual Gland - Anatomy & Physiology|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''Is the secretion of the zygomatic gland serous, mucous or mixed?'''
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||<font color="white"> <big>
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*'''''Mainly Mucous'''''
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||[[Zygomatic Gland - Anatomy & Physiology|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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<big><center>[[Alimentary - Anatomy & Physiology|'''BACK TO THE ALIMENTARY SYSTEM''']]</center></big>
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<big><center>[[Alimentary - Anatomy & Physiology - Flashcards|'''BACK TO ALIMENTARY FLASHCARDS''']]</center></big>

Revision as of 19:01, 20 September 2008

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()Map ALIMENTARY SYSTEM (Map)
ALIMENTARY FLASHCARDS
THE ORAL CAVITY



Oral Cavity Flashcards

Question Answer Article
Which germ layer lines the oral cavity?
  • Ectoderm
Link to Answer Article
Which cranial nerve innervates the oral cavity?
  • Trigeminal nerve (CN V)
Link to Answer Article



Lips Flashcards

Question Answer Article
Which muscle closes the lips?
  • Obicularis oris
Link to Answer Article
Which minor salivary glands are present?
  • Labial glands
Link to Answer Article



Cheeks Flashcards

Question Answer Article
Which glands are present in the cheeks?
  • Buccal
  • Zygomatic (carnivore only)
Link to Answer Article
What type of epithelium lines the inside of the cheeks?
  • Non keratinised stratified squamous epithelium
  • Keratinised stratified squamous epithelium in ruminants
Link to Answer Article



Mastication Flashcards

Question Answer Article
Name the jaw opening muscle and its innervations
  • Digastricus
  • Facial Nerve (CN VII)
  • Manidbular branch of Trigeminal nerve (CN V3)
Link to Answer Article
Name the jaw closing muscles
  • Masseter
  • Temporalis
  • Lateral and Medial Pterygoids
Link to Answer Article
What is the innervation of the jaw closing muscles?
  • Mandibular branch of the Trigeminal nerve (CN V3)
Link to Answer Article
What are the functions of the lateral pterygoid?
  • Protrudes the jaw
  • One-sided contraction to close jaw
Link to Answer Article
What is the function of the medial pterygoid?
  • One-sided contraction to close jaw
Link to Answer Article
What are the functions of the temporalis muscle? Pulls mandible Rostrallywhich can lead to an Overbite Pulls mandible Caudallywhich can lead to an Underbite
  • Pulls mandible dorsally
Link to Answer Article
What is the function of the masseter muscle?
  • Uni- and bi-lateral contractions to close jaw
  • Prodrudes jaw
Link to Answer Article
What processes form the temperomandibular joint?
  • Condylar Process of Mandible
  • Mandibular Process of Skull
Link to Answer Article



Soft Palate Flashcards

Question Answer Article
Which cranial nerve supplies taste and sensation to the soft palate?
  • Glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX)
Link to Answer Article
Which cranial nerves innervate the palatine muscle?
  • Vagus nerve (CN X)
  • Glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX)
Link to Answer Article
Which cranial nerve innervates the tensor velli palatini muscle?
  • Mandibular branch of the Trigeminal nerve (CN V3)
Link to Answer Article
Which cranial nerve innervates the levator velli palatini muscle?
  • Vagus nerve (CN X)
  • Glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX)
Link to Answer Article
Which cranial nerves innervate the palatopharyngeus muscle?
  • Vagus nerve (CN X)
  • Glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX)
Link to Answer Article



Teeth & Gingiva Flashcards

Question Answer Article
What do ameloblasts secrete?
  • Enamel
Link to Answer Article
What do odontoblasts secrete?
  • Dentine
Link to Answer Article
What do cementoblasts secrete?
  • Cementum
Link to Answer Article
What is the dental formula for the permanent teeth of the dog?
  • 2 (I3/3 C1/1 P4/4 M2/3)
Link to Answer Article
What is the dental formula for the permanent teeth of the cat?
  • 2 (I3/3 C1/1 P3/2 M1/1)
Link to Answer Article
What is the dental formula for the permanent teeth of the horse?
  • 2 (I3/3 C1/1 P3-4/3 M3/3)
Link to Answer Article
What is the dental formula for the permanent teeth of ruminants?
  • 2 (I0/3 C0/1 P3/3 M3/3)
Link to Answer Article
What is the dental formula for the permanent teeth of the pig?
  • 2 (I3/3 C1/1 P4/4 M3/3)
Link to Answer Article
What is the dental formula for the permanent teeth of the rabbit?
  • 2 (I1/1 C0/0 P3/2 M3/3)
Link to Answer Article
Which arteries supply the gingiva?
  • Superior and Inferior Alveolar arteries
Link to Answer Article
Which nerve innervates the gingiva?
  • Trigeminal nerve (CN V)
Link to Answer Article



Oropharynx Flashcards

Question Answer Article
Which nerves innervate the oropharynx?
  • Vagus nerve (CN X)
  • Glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX)
Link to Answer Article
Which muscle dilates the oropharynx?
  • Stylopharyngeus
Link to Answer Article
What type of epithelium lines the oropharynx?
  • Stratified squamous epithelium
Link to Answer Article



Tongue Flashcards

Question Answer Article
What does the styloglossus muscle do?
  • Raises the Tongue
  • Retracts the Tongue
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What does the genioglossus muscle do?
  • Protrudes the Tongue
  • Depresses the Tongue
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What does the hyoglossus muscle do?
  • Retracts the Tongue
  • Depresses the Tongue
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Which nerves innervate the tongue?
  • Hypoglossal nerve (CN XII)
  • Trigeminal nerve (CN V) supplies the Rostral 2/3
  • Facial nerve (CN VII) supplies the Rostral 2/3
  • Glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX) supplies the Caudal 1/3
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Salivary Glands Flashcards

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Name the minor salivary glands
  • Labial
  • Lingual
  • Buccal
  • Palatine
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Name the major salivary glands
  • Parotid
  • Mandibular
  • Sublingual
  • Zygomatic
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How much saliva do the following animals produce per day? The Horse can produce up to 40 Litres of saliva per day. The Cow can produce between 110-180 Litres of saliva per day. Link to Answer Article
Describe the path of the parotid duct in the carnivore
  • The parotid duct runs across the masseter muscle to open in the 4th upper premolar
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Describe the path of the parotid duct in the herbivore
  • The parotid duct runs ventral to the angle of the jaw below the mandible to open in the 4th upper premolar
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Is the secretion of the parotid salivary gland serous, mucous or mixed?
  • Serous
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Is the secretion of the mandibular salivary gland serous, mucous or mixed?
  • Mixed
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Is the secretion of the sublingual salivary gland serous, mucous or mixed?
  • Mixed
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Is the secretion of the zygomatic gland serous, mucous or mixed?
  • Mainly Mucous
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