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Oral Cavity
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Receives food, starts digestion of starch.
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Buccinator Muscle
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Muscle that forms most of the cheek walls.
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Tongue
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Mass of muscle covered with taste buds.
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Palate: Hard and Soft
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Roof of the mouth.
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Uvula
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Keeps food from going down the breathing tube.
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Palatine Tonsils
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Lymphatic structures in the mouth cavity.
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Incisors: Central, Lateral
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Cutting teeth.
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Canine Teeth
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Tearing and cutting teeth, each with two points.
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Premolar: first, second, third
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Grinding teeth with three flattened cusps.
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Parotid Glands
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Largest pair of glands, secretes a serous solution.
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Submandibular Glands
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Produces serous fluid and some mucous.
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Pharynx
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The throat.
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Esophagus
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Is a long, muscular tube.
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Cardiac Opening, Region
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Opening from the esophagus into the stomach.
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Fundus
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Region of the stomach superior to the cardiac opening.
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