“Oral Cavity”  

Mouth

  In our body, the Mouth (entry to the Oral Cavity), a voluntary sphincter, as the first part of the digestive tract of the stomatognathic system (masticatory system) is adapted to receive food by ingestion, breaking it into small particles by mastication (chewing), and mix it with saliva.
  In our body, the Cheeks, Lips (Labia oris), and Palate form the boundaries of the Mouth, the oral cavity possesses both hard (teeth) and soft (mucosa) tissues (i.e. tongue) and receives the secretions from the nasal cavities and salivary glands.
  Examples of subsets, concepts, subjects and oral cavity related structures of the oral cavity aka cavity of mouth include:

Oral orifice Oral cavity proper Vestibule of mouth Dentition + Lips + Mouth Floor Mouth Mucosa Palate + Salivary Glands + Tongue +

subdivisions of the oral cavity Oral cavity proper Oropharyngeal isthmus Vestibule of mouth Fauces Buccal part of vestibule of mouth Buccal sulcus Labial part of vestibule of mouth Labial sulcus Interdental space Maxillary part of vestibule of mouth Mandibular part of vestibule of mouth

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