The caudodorsal end of the soft palate doesn’t contain the stratified squamous epithelium. Here, you will see the pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium. Another indication that your cat may be suffering from feline stomatitis is rapid weight loss. This is because the inflammation and swelling in the mouth will cause a significant amount of pain and discomfort, which may cause your cat to eat very slowly or eventually stop eating altogether. One sign to look out for is a cat who is running to their bowl because they are hungry but then struggling to eat the food and leaving most or all of it. This can be particularly common when cats are eating dry food compared to wet. 3. Excessive drooling

Again, the caudal margin of the soft palate possesses fewer palatine glands. The number of the palatine gland decrease at the caudal surface of the soft palate. The cat tongue is primarily comprised of the skeletal muscle. It occupies the more significant part of the cats oral cavity proper that extends up to the oropharynx. But, this palatine vein or plexus arises from the venous plexus of the hard palate. They are located in the mucosa covering the bony plate of the hard palate.Enamel overlies the dentin on the crown of the tooth. It forms the outermost covering of the crown. It is the hardest tissue in the body. It enables a tooth to withstand the pressure placed on it during chewing. Enamel consists of mineral salts and a small amount of water. It is usually a pearly-white color.

Finally, the cat laryngopharynx is the part of the pharynx that connects with the epiglottis and glottis of the larynx. Cat mouth vs. human mouth anatomy The middle of the cat tooth structure shows soft connective tissue, which is known as the pulp of the cat tooth. Here, you will find the sensory nerves, arteries, veins, lymphatic capillaries, and connective tissue. All these structures in the middle pulp cavity hold them together.Again, there is a sublingual fold just caudal to the sublingual caruncle and lateral to the frenulum linguae. This structure lies close to the body of the mandible and consists of underlying mandibular and major sublingual ducts. Cat mouth hard and soft palates The floor of the cat mouth – consists of the sublingual caruncle, sublingual fold, incisive papilla, incisive duct, and frenulum linguae, If your cat is drooling due to dental disease or other sources of a painful mouth, you may see some additional symptoms, such as: The main action of this styloglossus muscle is to draw the cat’s tongue caudally. You will find the hypoglossal nerve innervation on the cat’s styloglossus muscle.

Systemic illness that can contribute to mouth ulcers will be ruled out (such as liver disease, kidney disease, diabetes, etc.) because the blood parameters reflecting these areas of the body will usually be normal indicating that your cat’s health is generally good. Normally the fungiform papillae of a cat spread on the rostral two third of the tongue. Occasionally, some fungiform papillae may be found caudal to the vallate papillae. Genioglossus is a fan-shaped muscle that originates from the medial surface of the mandible. You will see the three bundles of fibers that form the cat genioglossus muscles – The two lateral margins of a cat tongue separate the dorsal and ventral surfaces. These two margins meet at the apex and form the thinnest and narrowest ends. Finally, the cat oropharynx is identified from the pharynx. And the three major salivary glands of cat are identified in the labeled diagram.This caudal pillar of the soft palate serves as a boundary between the nasal pharynx and the laryngopharynx. You will find the palatopharyngeal muscle that covers the caudal pillar of the soft palate. Cat mouth soft palate structure You will also find some pointed conical papillae directed to the pharynx. The angle of the mouth possesses the more prominent conical papillae. Again, you will also find the shorter conical papillae in the caudal part of the cheeks. Cat mouth oral cavity proper anatomy Gingivostomatitis can be associated with feline oral resorptive lesions (FORLs), which are ulcerations that develop on the teeth and advance until the entire tooth dissolves itself. These lesions are painful and can bleed as well. So, in the rostral two, a third of the cat’s upper lips contain hairs whose few are tactile. These tactile hairs of the cat’s lips are arranged into four rows. The direction of the hairs of a cat’s upper and lower lips are caudoventral. But, sometimes, you may find three or five vallate papillae in the cat tongue. They arrange asymmetrically on the caudal third of the dorsum of cat tongue.