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Labial mucosa
Aka: Labial mucosa, Buccal mucosa, Masticatory Mucosa, Movable Mucosa, Oral Mucosa
- See Also
- Oral Exam
- Types
- Masticatory Mucosa (bears greatest friction)
- Appearance
- Highly keratinized and firm
- Stippled and pale
- Covers
- Hard Palate
- Tooth-bearing Gingiva (abuts)
- Dorsal Tongue surface
- Movable Mucosa (Non-masticatory)
- Appearance
- Thin, less keratinized than Masticatory Mucosa
- Covers
- Lips (abuts)
- Buccal mucosa
- Floor of mouth
- Vestibules
- Soft Palate
- Peri-Tonsillar Pillars
- Lateral and ventral Tongue
- Exam
- Observe color and texture
- Palpate for Nodules
- Findings: Normal and variants
- Linea Alba of Buccal Mucosa
- Leukoedema
- Parotid Papilla (Stensen's Duct opening)
- Ectopic Sebaceous Glands (Fordyce's Granules)
- Findings: Pathologic
- Lichen Planus of Buccal Mucosa
- Leukoplakia
- Oral Ulcers
- Traumatic
- Aphthous Ulcer (Canker Sore)
- Herpes Gingivostomatitis
- Mucosal Pallor
- Anemia