are buccal and sublingual the same?
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Sublingual administration involves placing a drug under your tongue to dissolve and absorb into your blood through the tissue there. Buccal administration involves placing a drug between your gums and cheek, where it also dissolves and is absorbed into your blood.
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The difference between Drool and Slobber. When used as nouns, drool means saliva trickling from the mouth, whereas slobber means liquid material, generally saliva, that dribbles or drools outward and downward from the mouth.
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Mucous – Adjective – pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling mucus. ... Mucosa – Noun – another term for mucous membrane; a membrane lining all body passages that communicate with the air, such as the respiratory and alimentary tracts, and having cells and associated glands that secrete mucus. The plural is 'mucosae.
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The ducts of the salivary glands allow the passage of salivary juice from the glands to the oral cavity: parotid duct (Stenson duct): connects the parotid gland to the buccal mucosa, adjacent to maxillary second molar. submandibular duct (Wharton duct): connects the submandibular gland to the floor of the mouth.
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As adjectives the difference between bisyllabic and disyllabic. is that bisyllabic is comprising two syllables while disyllabic is comprising two syllables.
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Mouth. ... Mouth, also called oral cavity or buccal cavity, in human anatomy, orifice through which food and air enter the body. The mouth opens to the outside at the lips and empties into the throat at the rear; its boundaries are defined by the lips, cheeks, hard and soft palates, and glottis.
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The Buccal artery is a small artery of the head and a branch of the second part of the maxillary artery (the 7th branch of the external carotid) and supplies both the buccinator muscle and cheek.
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['parotid glands produce a serous, watery secretion.', 'submaxillary (mandibular) glands produce a mixed serous and mucous secretion.', 'sublingual glands secrete a saliva that is predominantly mucous in character.']
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The most common location to find a mucocele is the inner surface of the lower lip. It can also be found on the inner side of the cheek (known as the buccal mucosa), on the anterior ventral tongue, and the floor of the mouth. When found on the floor of the mouth, the mucocele is referred to as a ranula.
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The oral pharynx is lined by a stratified squamous non-keratinizing type of epithelium and lacks both muscularis mucosae and submucosa. The epithelium rests on a lamina propria that contains a thick layer of longitudinally oriented elastic fibers (a useful diagnostic feature).
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['Mucosa.', 'Submucosa.', 'Muscular layer.', 'Serous layer or serosa.']
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Certain medications are placed under the tongue (sublingual) or between the teeth and the cheek (buccal). These medications are absorbed quickly into the bloodstream through the lining of the mouth and are used to relieve symptoms almost immediately.
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Basic Burdock and Salsify. Burdock and salsify look quite similar, and are frequently confused and mislabeled. I find, when correctly labeled, salsify has a subtler taste than burdock. Burdock, also known as gobo (the Japanese for it), has a more assertive, “root-ier” taste.
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The lining of the mouth cavity is an example of an unkeratinized, stratified squamous epithelium. Stratified cuboidal epithelium and stratified columnar epithelium can also be found in certain glands and ducts, but are uncommon in the human body.
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If you have fissures in your tongue, it's likely no cause for concern. In fact, certain types of grooves or cracks are considered simply a variation of a normal tongue. Sometimes called a plicated or scrotal tongue, this condition is often harmless.
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The parotid glands, the largest pair of salivary glands, lie just behind the angle of the jaw, below and in front of the ears. The sublingual glands lie under the side of the tongue. The submandibular glands lie under the side of the jaw.
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These are the "fringe-like processes" part of the "fimbriated fold". They are normal residual tissue not completely reabsorbed by the body during the development and growth of the tongue.