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VESTIBULE ORAL CAVITY [1 record]

Record 1 2024-12-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • The Mouth
Universal entry(ies)
CONT

The oral vestibule is bounded externally by the lips and the cheek mucosa and internally by the alveolar processes and the teeth. When the teeth are in occlusion, the vestibule communicates with the oral cavity proper via the intermaxillary commissure behind the last molar teeth.

OBS

vestibulum oris; oral vestibule: designations found in the Terminologia Anatomica.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Cavité buccale
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
DEF

Espace en forme de fer à cheval, appartenant à la cavité orale[, situé] entre les arcades dentaires qui sont internes et les joues et les lèvres qui sont externes.

OBS

vestibule oral : désignation dérivée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

vestibulum oris : désignation tirée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

Spanish

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