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Flashcards by Tara McLaughlin, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Tara McLaughlin
over 6 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| What are the four main functions of the palate? | Taste Consumption of food Respiration Speech |
| What are the five different taste sensations? | Salty Sweet Bitter Sour Unami |
| What are the taste papillae called on the palate? | Palate papillae |
| What papillae are the palate papillae similar to on the tongue? | Fungiform papillae |
| What is the main innervation for taste in the soft palate? | Greater petrosal nerve |
| Out of the five taste sensations, what is the soft palate most sensitive too? | Sweet |
| What structures are involved in forming the bolus of food? | Hard palate Tongue Teeth Lips Saliva |
| Which part of the hard palate initiates the transport of food when the tongue makes contact with it? | Incisive papillae |
| What is the mechanism called in stage II transport? | "squeeze-back" mechanism |
| Is the soft palate elevated or depressed during mastication? | Depressed |
| What muscles depress the soft palate? | Palatoglossus and palatopharyngeus |
| What muscles elevate the soft palate? | Levator veli palatini and musculus uvulae |
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