Land Marks Flashcards

1
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Lingual Forman

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Small radiolucent circle under central incisors on mandible

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2
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Nutrient canals

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Radiolucent (or band) vertical direction

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3
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Mental ridge

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Thick, radiopaque bands that meet in middle of chin (V shape)

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4
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Inferior border of mandible

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Radiopaque band (jaw)

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5
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Mental Forman

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Radiolucent hole on each side of chin

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6
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Genial tubercles

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Radiopaque, Around lingual Forman (attachment site for muscle)

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7
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Mental fossa

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Thinner bone around chin (radiolucent)

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8
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External oblique ridge

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Behind molars (cross-cross over molars) radiopaque

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9
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Submandibular fossa

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Radiolucent (on back of jaw, under premolars and molars)

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10
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Mylohyoid line

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Radiopaque (along bottom of roots of molars)

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11
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Mandibular canal

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Radiopaque - runs along myelohyoid line

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12
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Aveolar crest

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Bone between teeth “gum line”, radiopaque

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13
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Lamina dura

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Around teeth “pocket” radiopaque

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14
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Nasal fossa

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Nose hole radiolucent

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15
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Nasal septum

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Divides basal fossa - radiopaque

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16
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Anterior nasal spine

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Line from septum to between teeth radiolucent (forms point of nasal floor)

17
Q

Incisive Forman

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Hole in palate behind front teeth (radiolucent)

18
Q

Inferior turbinate

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Pointy structures within nasal fossa

19
Q

Lateral fossa

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Thin bone between canine and incisor - radiolucent

20
Q

Floor of nasal cavity

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Comes to point - radiopaque

21
Q

Nasal concha

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Radiopaque swirls in nose

22
Q

Floor of maxillary

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drapes over roots of premolar/molar) radiolucent

23
Q

Zygomatic bone

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Sticks out, thick, u/j shape- radiopaque

24
Q

Zygomatic arch

A

From bone to ear radiopaque

25
Q

Hamular

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Sharp, back of palate, middle - radiopaque

26
Q

Maxillary Tuberosity

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End of palate behind last tooth bone - radiopaque