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mouth

Also known as oral cavity, oral tissue

A mouth, also referred to as the oral, is the body orifice through which many animals ingest food and vocalize. The body cavity immediately behind the mouth opening, known as the oral cavity (or ''' in Latin), is also the first part of the alimentary canal, which leads to the pharynx and the gullet. In tetrapod vertebrates, the mouth is bounded on the outside by the lips and cheeks — thus the oral cavity is also known as the buccal cavity (from Latin ', meaning "cheek") — and contains the tongue on the inside. Except for some groups like birds and lissamphibians, vertebrates usually have teeth

AI overview

Your mouth is the opening in your face where food enters your body and where you produce sounds for communication. It's the starting point of your digestive system and plays a crucial role in breaking down food and enabling speech.

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Key facts

Anatomy.Name: Mouth
Anatomy.Latin: os, oris
Anatomy.Greek: στόμα (stóma)
Anatomy.Image: Lion Showing off His Mouth (21454262492).jpg
Anatomy.Caption: A lion yawning
Anatomy.Width: 150px

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Research

475,608 papers

Site-specific variations in the concentrations of substances in the mouth.ReviewBritish dental journal · 1989Weatherell JA, Robinson C, Nattress BRDOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4807003
Mouthbrooding.Current biology : CB · 2024Luiz OJ, Abecia JE, King AJDOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.06.025
The mouth's curative superpowers.Nature · 2021Healey NDOI: 10.1038/d41586-021-02923-7
Does the mouth size influence microplastic ingestion in fishes?Marine pollution bulletin · 2024Siddique MAM, Shazada NE, Ritu JA et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115861
Relaxing fish-mouth incision for a tight coupler anastomosis.Journal of plastic, reconstructive & aesthetic surgery : JPRAS · 2022Patel NG, Sharma V, Joseph E et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2021.09.067
A meta-analysis of children's hand-to-mouth frequency data for estimating nondietary ingestion exposure.Risk analysis : an official publication of the Society for Risk Analysis · 2007Xue J, Zartarian V, Moya J et al.DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2007.00893.x
A meta-analysis of children's object-to-mouth frequency data for estimating non-dietary ingestion exposure.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2010Xue J, Zartarian V, Tulve N et al.DOI: 10.1038/jes.2009.42
Location-probability profiles for the mouth region of human primary motor-sensory cortex: model and validation.NeuroImage · 2001Fox PT, Huang A, Parsons LM et al.DOI: 10.1006/nimg.2000.0659

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Commons category: Mouths
Unicode character: 👄
Commons gallery: Mouth
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Contents

Development
Anatomy
Invertebrates
Vertebrates
Other functions of the mouth
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Most bilaterian phyla, including arthropods, molluscs and chordates, have a two-opening gut tube with a mouth at one end and an anus at the other. Which end forms first in ontogeny is a criterion used to classify bilaterian animals into protostomes and deuterostomes.