Head Face and Neck Slide questions Flashcards
(146 cards)
What is another name for the ear?
auricular
What is the eye called?
Orbital
What is nose called?
Nasal
What is the cheek called?
Bucccal
What is another name for the chin?
Mental
What is the posterior neck called?
Nuchal
What is the Cranial region made up of?
Frontal, Temporal and occipital
What is another name for the eyebrow?
Superciliary arch
What is another name for the eyelid?
Palpebra(superior and inferior)
What is the area between the nose and upper lip called?
Philtrum
What is the outside of the nostril called?
Ala Nasi
How many seperate bones make up the skull?
28
What are the names of the groups of bones that make up the skull?
Auditory ossicles, Cranium(cranial vault and facial bones), Sutures
How many bones make up the auditory ossicles?
6
How many bones make up the cranial vault?
8
How many bones make up the facial bones?
14
How many sutures are there?
4
What are the names of the 4 sutures?
Sagittal, coronal, lambdoidal and squamous
What are three parts to the hyoid bone?
Greater cornu, lesser cornu and body
How does the hyoid bone assist in speech and swallowing?
It provides point of attachment for muscles that elevate and tongue muscles
How many cranial nerves are there?
12
What are the cranial nerves?
Olfactory, Optic, oculomotor, Trochlear, trigeminal, abducens, facial, vestibulocochlear, glossopharangeal, Vagus, Accessory and Hypoglossal
What is the function of Olfactory?
Smell
What is the function of Optic?
Vision