| Noun | 1. | oral cavity - the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge; "he stuffed his mouth with candy"teeth, dentition - the kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal glossa, lingua, tongue, clapper - a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity mouth - the externally visible part of the oral cavity on the face and the system of organs surrounding the opening; "she wiped lipstick from her mouth" gingiva, gum - the tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth salivary gland - any of three pairs of glands in the mouth and digestive system that secrete saliva for digestion rima - a narrow elongated opening or fissure between two symmetrical parts | |