What are pathological lesions?

What components are found in saliva?

How is saliva secretion regulated?

What are the inorganic ions/electrolytes found in saliva?

List the organic components/peptides in saliva.

What types of cells are found in saliva?

Function of saliva

What is the definition of a gland?

What is the difference between an exocrine gland and an endocrine gland?

List the major glands of the endocrine system.

Salivary glands are endo or exocrine?

Major and minor salivary glands composed of:

Function of epithelial cells in salivary glands?

What role does connective tissue play in salivary glands?

What is the function of the acini in the salivary gland?

What are the two types of secretory cells?

What is the main product of mucous cells?

Function of the serous cells?

Where are Acini located in the gland?

What structure does an Acinus consist of?

Forms of acini?

What is the characteristic of serous acini?

What is the characteristic of mucous acini?

What is the characteristic of mucoserous acini?

What is the consistency of serous secretions compared to mucous secretions?

What are the main components secreted by serous cells?

What are the main components secreted by mucous cells?

What is the function of zymogen granules in serous cells?

What is the consistency of serous secretions?

What is mucin?

Which innervation is associated with serous secretions?

Which innervation is associated with mucous secretions?

What are the two main types of acini shown in the figure?

Function of myoepithelial cell process in the serous acinus?

How do the ducts change as they move away from the acinus?

What are intercalated ducts and what do they connect?

What are striated ducts and what is their main function?

What is the structure of the striated duct?

What is the function of the striated duct in saliva modification?

What is the function of the excretory or secretory duct in the salivary gland?

Where are the excretory or secretory ducts located in the salivary gland?

What duct connects acini to the striated duct?

What is the final duct that empties saliva into the oral cavity?

What are the three major salivary glands?

What is the function of the parotid gland?

What duct is associated with the parotid

What duct is associated with the submandibular gland

Where is the submandibular gland located?

What is the sublingual gland responsible for?

What is the sublingual caruncle?

What are the minor salivary glands and where are they located?

What are the types of glands in the cheeks and lips and what do they secrete?

What are the glands in the hard and soft palate and what do they secrete?

How many different secretions do the lingual glands have based on location?

minor salivary gland structure + contribution

In which week of prenatal development do the parotid glands appear?

What percentage of salivary gland tissue is lost with aging?

What changes occur in the duct system during aging?

How does saliva production change in older individuals?

What is a mucocele?

What is a ranula?

What are the treatments for a mucocele and a ranula?

What is nicotinic stomatitis

What does nicotinic stomatitis cuase

What are the key properties of the thyroid gland?

How many parathyroid glands are typically found and where are they located?

What is the first endocrine gland to appear in embryonic development and from which it develops?

What is the origin of the thyroid gland and how does it migrate into the neck?

What is the function of the foramen cecum and where is it located?

What is a goiter?

What are the characteristics of a goiter?

What are lymph nodes and what is their function?

How are lymph nodes classified?

What is the histology of a lymph node?

What are lymphatic nodules and what do they contain?

How do lymphatic vessels develop?

What is lymphadenopathy?

What are the clinical considerations when a patient has an active disease?

What are palatine tonsils and where are they located?

What are the key components of each mass of intraoral tonsillar tissue?

How do palatine tonsils contribute to tissue inflammation?

What is the location of the lingual tonsils?

What is the function of the lymphoid tissue in the lingual tonsils?

How do the crypts in the lingual tonsils open?

What distinguishes the pharyngeal tonsil from the lingual and palatine tonsils?

What structure replaces the crypts in the pharyngeal tonsil?

What is the function of the mixed gland in the pharyngeal tonsil?

What is the primary function of tonsils?

What happens to some lymphocytes after they transform into T cells?

What do other lymphocytes become after transforming into B cells?

What is the Mallampati Score and how is it classified?

What are the four classes of the Mallampati Score?

What is the nasal cavity and how is it divided?

What are the nasal conchae and what do they do?

What type of epithelium lines the nasal cavity?

What are the functions of goblet cells in the nasal cavity?

What is the role of the lamina propria in the nasal cavity?

What are paranasal sinuses?

What are the four main types of paranasal sinuses?

What is the histology of the paranasal sinuses?

What is the development timeline for the maxillary sinuses?

At what age do ethmoidal sinuses start to grow?

When do frontal and sphenoidal sinuses become visible on radiographs?

What is maxillary sinusitis and how can it spread?

What are the clinical considerations for maxillary sinusitis during an extraction?