Bones In Face

Question 1

Mandible

Answer 1

Unpaired lower jaw bone.

Question 2

Symphasis menti or Mental symphasis

Answer 2

Point of fusion of the two halves of the mandible.

Question 3

Mental friamina

Answer 3

Holes through which mental nerve of V trigeminal process. Two holes in mandible.

Question 4

Corpus

Answer 4

Body of the mandible.

Question 5

Condylar process

Answer 5

Articulates with the temporal bone to form TMJ. On a picture of a jaw looking forward, the condylar process is where the two points on top of the joint would meet the cheeks. On a lateral view of the skull, the condylar process is on the bottom left where the cheek bones almost meet the cheek (a little below).

Question 6

Coronoid process

Answer 6

Important point of attachment for muscles that are used for masticating. On a picture of a jaw face forward they are right above the condylar process. On the tip of the joints where they would meet the cheeks. On a lateral skull, the coronoid process is in front near where the mandible and the nasal cavity meet.

Question 7

Mandibular notch

Answer 7

Separates these two processes. On a picture face forward of a jaw it is in the middle “dip” right below the condylar process. On a lateral view of a skull, the mandibular notch is in the middle of the condylar and coranoid notches

Question 8

Dental Alveoli

Answer 8

Small sacs on the upper surface of the avleolar arch of the mandible that teeth are found in.

Question 9

Angle

Answer 9

The point at which the mandible andgls upwardly.

Question 10

Mylohyoid line

Answer 10

Point of attach for the mylohyoid muscle. On a front facing picture, the mylohyoid line is a crease in the back lower bottom gums

Question 11

Mandibular Foramen

Answer 11

Is a conduit for the inferior alveolar nerve of the V trigeminal providing sensory innervation for the teeth and gums on a front view of a skull it is an arch in the top near the back on the mandible inside.

Question 12

Axillae

Answer 12

Paired bones of the upper jaw

Question 13

Upper dental ridge

Answer 13

Clefting of the lip and hard palate

Question 14

Frontal Process

Answer 14

Superior most point of the maxilla. Where you drag your finger from the ridge of the nose up to your eye.

Question 15

Infra orbital margin

Answer 15

Lower point of the eye socket. Corner of eye socked. That’s curved part.

Question 16

Infrorbital foramen

Answer 16

Main area below eye sockets

Question 17

Zygomatic process

Answer 17

High cheek bones

Question 18

Zygomatic bones

Answer 18

Super high cheek bones. Giant area

Question 19

Nasal crest

Answer 19

Entrance to the nasal cavity

Question 20

Nasal notch

Answer 20

Entrance(two holes)

Question 21

Alveolar process

Answer 21

Tooth bearing ridge that holds sacs of teeth. A bridge along the gumline

Question 22

Maxillary sinus

Answer 22

Side of bone

Question 23

Alveolar procese

Answer 23

Gunline ridge

Question 24

Palatine process

Answer 24

Forms the outside of the hard palate.

Question 25

Incisive foramen

Answer 25

Conduit for the nasopalatine nerve. On a pic of the mouth it is the line in the very front that looks like a half circle.

Question 26

Premaxilla

Answer 26

Space that is on the upper mouth between the teeth and incisive foramen