Skull - Facial Bones (14)

Question 1

Answer 1

Nasal Bone (2)

Paired bone
Bridge of nose

Question 2

Answer 2

Maxilla

-paired, irregular shaped bone
-left and right maxilla unite to form upper jaw
-pockets for teeth
-maxillary air sinus on each side
-Forms part of floor of orbit and anterior part of hard palate

Question 3

Answer 3

Zygomatic Bone (2)

-paired, irregular shaped bone
-“cheek bone”
-temporal process contributes to zygomatic arch

Question 4

Answer 4

Infraorbital foramen

Landmark of Maxilla (2)

Question 5

Answer 5

Mandible

“Lower Jaw”
Mental protuberance forms point of chin

Landmarks:
1. Angle
2. Mental foramen

Question 6

Answer 6

Mental Foramen

Transmits mental nerve, artery, and vein

Question 7

Answer 7

Lacrimal Bone (2)

Location:
Orbit (anterior & lateral)
Nasal cavity (lateral wall)

Smallest most delicate bone of skull

Question 8

Answer 8

Palatine (2)

Plates fused medially

Forms:
1. posterior portion of hard palate,
2. small part of the nasal cavity
4. part of the orbit

Question 9

Answer 9

Inferior Nasal concha(2)

Small, curved, bony plates found on lateral walls of each nasal cavity

Warms, filters, humidifies inhaled air
Improved airflow through nasal cavity

Question 10

Answer 10

Vomer

Posterior & inferior of nasal septum

Question 11

Landmark

Answer 11

Angles of mandible

Two corners found along posterinferior aspects of both the right and left rami of the mandible