Based on the best selling text: An Introduction to Medical Terminology for Health Care (Fifth edition) by A.R.Hutton published by Elsevier Ltd
The interactive learning material in this unit is arranged into five sections. Click or tap on a section and scroll down the page completing the exercises in the sequence they are presented:
Note: FlashCards and a check list of combining forms for this unit are at the end of Section 4.
A short list of abbreviations, pathological conditions, clinical procedures and laboratory tests associated with the nose and mouth is available from the:Word Check
Back to IMT Topic ListThe mouth or oral cavity is bounded by the closed lips and facial
muscles, the palate and lower jaw. The palate forms the roof of the mouth
and is divided into the anterior hard palate and the posterior soft
palate. The uvula, a soft fold of muscle hangs down from the middle of the
soft palate. In the folds of the soft palate and the oropharynx lie
patches of lymphoid tissue called the palatine tonsils. Another pair of
tonsils, the lingual tonsils lie near the base of the tongue.
The nose warms, filters and moistens the air entering the respiratory
system. It then passes to a cavity at the back of the nose called the
nasopharynx. From here the clean air travels via the pharynx and larynx
(voice box) to the lungs. Whilst in the nose nerve endings in the
cribriform plate and nasal conchae detect odors. The nose therefore gives
us our sense of smell or olfaction.
Look at the main components of the section through the head in Anatomy Exercise 1. You will study individual components shown in this exercise as you move through each section.