VPAT 3100H Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Cheilitis, Malocclusion, Dolichol

• School: University of Georgia
• Department: Veterinary Pathology
• Course: VPAT 3100H
• Professor: Carmichael

Document Summary

Gastrointestinal system: medical term for mouth: oral cavity, buccal cavity, main function: mastication. External: lips: labia, cheilitis (root we use for inflammation of the lips) Whiskers: tactile hairs, vibrissae (cid:862)normal(cid:863) hapes, brachycephalic, root: cephanic meaning head, prefix: brachy, mesocephalic (means middle/normal, prefix: meso means middle; think mesoderm, root: cephanic meaning head, dolichocephalic, root: cephanic meaning head, prefix: dolichol means long. Abnormal shapes: prognathia, nathia is jaw, prognathia~ protruding jaw (abnormal jaw shape, maxillary (upper jaw, mandibular (lower jaw, abnormal shape can lead to malocclusion. Incisors (donkey: fangs (canines and horse, premolars & molars. 2 main type of categories in teeth of vet med: brachydont (shorter teeth, carnivores, hypsodont (longer teeth, long because they are continually growing teeth, need to be filled, examples: rabbits/rodents are aradicular hypsodont, aradicular means root (nerve roots) Lingual surface (surface facing into the tongue; opposite of the labial surface)