Human mouth anatomy

The tongue is a muscular organ in the mouth of a typical tetrapod. It manipulates food for chewing and swallowing as part of the digestive process, and is the primary organ of taste. The tongue's upper surface (dorsum) is covered by taste buds housed in numerous lingual papillae. It is sensitive and kept moist by saliva and is richly supplied with nerves and blood vessels. The tongue also serves as a natural means of cleaning the teeth. A major function of the tongue is to enable speech in humans and vocalization in other animals.

The lips are a horizontal pair of soft appendages attached to the jaws and are the most visible part of the mouth of many animals, including humans. Mammal lips are soft, movable and serve to facilitate the ingestion of food (e.g. suckling and gulping) and the articulation of sound and speech. Human lips are also a somatosensory organ, and can be an erogenous zone when used in kissing and other acts of intimacy.

The gums or gingiva (: gingivae) consist of the mucosal tissue that lies over the mandible and maxilla inside the mouth. Gum health and disease can have an effect on general health.

In vertebrates, the maxilla (: maxillae ) is the upper fixed (not fixed in Neopterygii) bone of the jaw formed from the fusion of two maxillary bones. In humans, the upper jaw includes the hard palate in the front of the mouth. The two maxillary bones are fused at the intermaxillary suture, forming the anterior nasal spine. This is similar to the mandible (lower jaw), which is also a fusion of two mandibular bones at the mandibular symphysis. The mandible is the movable part of the jaw.

rearmost teeth of the mouth that erupt during adulthood

seventh cranial nerve

part of human anatomy

tissue constituting the back of the roof of the mouth

hollow part of the root of a tooth containing the nerve and blood vessels

Cementum is a specialized calcified substance covering the root of a tooth. The cementum is the part of the periodontium that attaches the teeth to the alveolar bone by anchoring the periodontal ligament.

The periodontium () is the specialized tissues that both surround and support the teeth, maintaining them in the maxillary and mandibular bones. Periodontics is the dental specialty that relates specifically to the care and maintenance of these tissues. It provides the support necessary to maintain teeth in function. It consists of four principal components, namely: Gingiva (the gums) Periodontal ligament (PDL) Cementum Alveolar bone proper

area of teeth covered by enamel

thin horizontal bony plate made up of two bones, located in the roof of the mouth

the first upper tooth from the dental midline on both sides of the mouth

upper teeth at the back of the mouth

notational system in dentistry for associating information with a specific tooth

the first lower tooth from the dental midline on both sides of the mouth

upper teeth on the sides of the mouth

third upper tooth from the dental midline

Human muscle

upper teeth at the back of the mouth

lower teeth on the sides of the mouth

lower teeth on the sides of the mouth

the second upper tooth from the dental midline on both sides of the mouth

upper teeth on the sides of the mouth

lower teeth at the back of the mouth

anatomical area between the crown and root of teeth

lower teeth at the back of the mouth

the second lower tooth from the dental midline on both sides of the mouth

the third lower tooth from the dental midline

anatomical region in the face

medical condition; teeth that emerge through the gingiva during the first month of life (the neonatal period)

world's most commonly used dental notation

descriptions of two alleged types of human dentiture, sometimes used in racialist/racist theories

tooth detection system used by dentists to associate information to a specific tooth