Oral Tissue

This organ exhibits a glandular parenchyma with glands that appear translucent, some adipocytes and a large ductal component.

• Lips

• Sublingual gland

• Submandibular gland

• Parotid gland

This type of papilla is found in large quantities on the tongue and is keratinized.

• Filiform

• Vermilion

• Circumvallate

• Fungiform

The glandular units of the parotid contain this type of cell that is granular with round, central nuclei.

• Clara cell

• Mucous cell

• Serous cell

• Fungiform cell

Oral mucosa is ...

• stratified squamous epithelium with underlying glands.

• simple squamous epithelium that is keratinized in some areas.

• simple cuboidal epithelium with interspersed glandular tissue.

• transitional epithelium.

The lamina propria of the oral mucosa is attached to which of the following?

• muscle through elastic tissue extending from the mucosa

• muscle by dense, fibrous submucosal tissue

• directly to bone by the loose collagen fibers

• bone via dense, fibrous submucosal tissue

This structure exhibits an external epithelium different from its internal epithelium.

• the lip

• the tongue

• the gingiva

• the sublingual gland