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27 wrz 2023 · The base of the tongue refers to the postsulcal part that forms the ventral wall of the oropharynx, while the root of the tongue refers to a part of the presulcal tongue that is attached to the floor of the oral cavity. This article aims to discuss the development and gross anatomy of the tongue.
- Pouches and Clefts
Embryological background. The difference between the...
- Lingual Frenulum
The lingual frenulum also called the frenulum of tongue is a...
- Foliate Papillae
Lingual papillae is a term given to the ridges and shapes...
- Amniotic Sac
The amniotic sac, also known as the "bag of waters", is a...
- Retromandibular Vein
Retromandibular vein (vena retromandibularis) The...
- Epiglottis
Epiglottis The epiglottis is a cartilaginous flap that...
- Pharyngeal Arches
The third pharyngeal arch forms part of the hyoid bone, the...
- Myotomes
Myotome: A group of muscles innervated by a single spinal...
- Pouches and Clefts
3 lis 2023 · The soft palate, also known as velum, is a mobile fold of soft tissue attached to the posterior margin of the hard palate. It extends posteroinferiorly, being leveled with the border between the nasopharynx and oropharynx. Unlike the hard palate, the soft palate doesn’t contain a bony framework.
The soft palate (also known as the velum, palatal velum, or muscular palate) is, in mammals, the soft tissue constituting the back of the roof of the mouth. The soft palate is part of the palate of the mouth; the other part is the hard palate.
5 maj 2024 · The lingual frenulum is a thin piece of tissue that connects the bottom of your tongue to the floor of your mouth. It runs from near the base of the tongue to the tip, along the center. At the base, it joins the tissue that lines the floor of your mouth. On each side of the frenulum’s base, there are small bumps called sublingual caruncles.
16 lip 2024 · Its mucosa layer is continuous with the oral cavity, its submucosal layer is continuous with pharyngobasilar fascia, and its muscular layer is continuous with the superior pharyngeal constrictor muscle, tongue muscles, tensor, and levator veli palatini 6.
4 mar 2020 · The most basic function of the velum can be understood as the swinging of a trap-door. At rest, the palate falls with gravity in an inferiorly sloping position approximately paralleling the curvature of the tongue as it slopes into the pharynx.
3 lis 2023 · The buds on the anterior two-thirds of the tongue and the soft palate are innervated by the chorda tympani, a branch of the facial nerve (CN VII). Those within the posterior one-third of the tongue (including all vallate papillae) and the pharynx are innervated by the glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX).
