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The Language of Medicine
Terminology
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Graduate
02/13/2013
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Ingested
 Definition
First, complex food material taken into the mouth.
Term
Rugae
 Definition
are irregular ridges in the mcous membrane covering the anterior portion of the hard palate.
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Cheeks
 Definition
Form the walls of the oval-shaped oral cavity.
Term
Lips
 Definition
Surround the opening to the cavity.
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Hard palate
 Definition
forms the anterior portion of the roof of the mouth.
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Soft palate
 Definition
the muscular lies posterior to it.
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