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CONTENTS
DEFINITION
FUNCTIONS
CLASSIFICATION
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SKIN AND OMM
HISTOLOGY OF ORAL MUCOSA
THE EPITHELIUM
LAMINA PROPRIA
KERATINIZATION
STRUCTURAL VARITIONS
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DEFINITION
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FUNCTIONS
PROTECTION
SENSATION
SECRETION
THERMAL REGULATION
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BOUNDARIES OF ORAL CAVITY
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CLASSIFICATION
ORAL MUCOSA SOME TIMES SHOWS THE
STRUCTURAL VARIATIONS IN DIFFERENT
REGIONS OF ORAL CAVITY TO SUIT THE
FUNCTIONAL NEEDS OF ORAL CAVITY
ACCORDING TO THIS THERE ARE MAINLY 3
TYPES AND ARE
1.MASTICATORY MUCOSA --- 25%
2.LINING MUCOSA --- 60%
3.SPECIALIZED MUCOSA --- 15%
IT IS ALSO CLASSIFIED AS
1.KERATINIZED MUCOSA
2.NONKERATINIZED MUCOSA
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ORAL MUCOSA IS MORE DEEPLY COLOURED
THAN THE SKIN
ORAL MUCOSA IS MOIST BUT SKIN IS NOT
ORAL MUCOSA DOES NOT CONTAIN ANY HAIR
FOLLICLES BUT SKIN CONTAINS
ORAL MUCOSA MAINLY CONTAIN LARGE
AMOUNTS OF MINOR SALIVARY GLANDS,
WHERE AS SKIN CONTAINS LARGE AMOUNTS
OF SEBACIOUS GLANDS
ORAL MUCOSAIS MORE SMOOTH THAN THE
SKIN
ORAL MUCOA IS LESS FIRM COMPARED TO
SKIN
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HISTOLOGY OF ORAL
MUCOSA
THERE ARE MAINLY 2 COMPONENTS
1.ORAL EPITHELIUM MADE UP OF STRATIFIED
SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM
2.UNDERLYING CONNECTIVE TISSUE CALLED LAMINA
PROPRIA
THE INTERFACE BETWEEN EPITHELIUM AND
CONNECTIVE TISSUE IS USUALLY IRREGULAR AND
UPWARD PROJECTIONS OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE
CALLED THE CONNECTIVE TISSUE PAPILLAE
THESE PAPILLAE INTERDIGITATE WITH EPITHELIAL
RIDGES
THE STRUCTURAL INTERFACE BETWEEN EPITHELIUM
AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE CALLED THE BASEMENT
MEMBRANE
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THE EPITHELIUM
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CONTINUED
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STRATUM BASALE
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STRATUM SPINOSUM
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STRATUM GRANULOSUM
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STRATUM CORNEUM
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NON KERATINIZED
EPITHELIUM
THIS HAS FOLLOWING LAYERS
1.STRATUM BASALE
2.STRATUM INTERMEDIUM
3.STRATUM SUPERFECIAL
BASAL LAYER IS SIMILAR TO THE
KERATINIZED EPITHELIUM
SPINOUS LAYER HAS LARGE CELLS THAT
DO NOT SHOW PRICKLY APPEARANCE
SUPERFICIAL LAYER HAS NUCLEATED
CELLS WITH NO SIGNS OF
KERATINIZATION
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NON KERATINOCYTES IN ORAL
EPITHELIUM
THESE CELLS DOES NOT CONTAIN
TONOFILAMENTS
LACK DESMOSOMES
THEY WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN PROCESS
OF MATURATION AND KERATINIZATION
HENCE THEY ARE CALLED NON
KERATINOCYTES
THEY ARE AS FOLLOWS
1.MELANOCYTES
2.LANGERHANS CELLS
3.MERKEL CELLS
4.INFLAMMATORY CELLS
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CONTINUED
MELANOCYTES:- CAUSES MELANIN
PIGMENTATION
SITUATED IN THE BASAL LAYER.
ENTER EPITHELIUM AT ABOUT 11TH
WEEK OF GESTATION.
THEY POSESS DENDRITIC PROCESSES.
WHICH EXTEND BETWEEN
KERATINOCYTES.
CONTAIN MELANOSOMES WHICH
SYNTHESIZE MELANIN.
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CONTINUED
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CONTINUED
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CONTINUED
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LAMINA PROPRIA
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CONTINUED
SUBMUCOSA----- IT IS A CONNECTIVE
TISSUE OF VARIBLE THICKNESS
SERVES PRIMARILY AS ATTACHMENT FOR
LAMINA PROPRIA TO THE UNDERLYING
BONE OR MUSCLE
SUBMUCOSA CONTAINS GLANDS
ADIPOSE TISSUES VASCULAR AND
NEURAL COMPONENTS
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CELLS OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE
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CONTINUED
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CONTINUED
ENDOTHELIAL CELLS----
PMN CELLS----- THEY ARE ROUND WITH LOBED
NUCLEUS
HELPS IN PHAGOCYTOSIS
PRESENT IN AREAS OF ACUTE INFLAMMATION
LYMPHOCYTES---- THEY ARE ROUND WITH DARK
STAINING NUCLEUS AND SCANT CYTOPLASM
THEY HELP IN HUMORAL AND CELL MEDIATED
IMMUNITY
FOUND IN AREAS OF CHRONIC INFLAMMATION
PLASMA CELL----- THEY HAVE CART WHEEL
NUCLEUS WITH BASOPHILIC NUCLEUS
THEY CONTAIN ABUNDANT ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC
RETICULUM
HELPS IN SYNTHESIS OF IMMUNOGLOBULINS
SEEN IN AREAS OF CHRONIC INFLAMMATION
ENDOTHELIAL CELLS----- PRESENT IN LINING THE
BLOOD VESSEL
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FIBRES AND GROUND SUBSTANCE
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KERATINIZATION