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Taste and consumption of food
Flashcards do conjunto (12)
- 1What are the four main functions of the palate?Taste
Consumption of food
Respiration
Speech - 2What are the five different taste sensations?Salty
Sweet
Bitter
Sour
Unami - 3What are the taste papillae called on the palate?Palate papillae
- 4What papillae are the palate papillae similar to on the tongue?Fungiform papillae
- 5What is the main innervation for taste in the soft palate?Greater petrosal nerve
- 6Out of the five taste sensations, what is the soft palate most sensitive too?Sweet
- 7What structures are involved in forming the bolus of food?Hard palate
Tongue
Teeth
Lips
Saliva - 8Which part of the hard palate initiates the transport of food when the tongue makes contact with it?Incisive papillae
- 9What is the mechanism called in stage II transport?"squeeze-back" mechanism
- 10Is the soft palate elevated or depressed during mastication?Depressed
- 11What muscles depress the soft palate?Palatoglossus and palatopharyngeus
- 12What muscles elevate the soft palate?Levator veli palatini and
musculus uvulae
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