Landmarks Flashcards
(29 cards)
Maxillary
Upper jaw
Mandibul
Lower jaw
Cortical bone
Mandible, thick white bone.
Concellous bone
Mandible
Incisal foramen
Between incisors
Small hole in between incisors
Median Palatal suture
Where palate is fused together.
Incisal foramen
Maxillary sinus
Air pockets. Radiolucent
Floor of sinus is part of the skull
Nasal cavity
Near apex of central incisors
Radiolucent
Nasal septum
Bone. Radiopaque area around nasal cavity
Anterior nasal spine
Combined parts. Where everything comes together. Nasal cavity and nasal septum
Zygomatic process
Where your cheekbone connects above second molar
Maxillary tuberosity
Bump past your last molar
Hamulus
Looks like finger on both sides of maxillary. Past molars
Genial tubercle
??
Metal ridge
Mental is lower. White line. Bone
Mandibular canal
Pocket (fossa) holding nerves
Mental foramen
Looks similar to an abscess. Located lower mandibular bicuspids
Ala of the nose
Outer edge of the nostril
Naso-labial groove
Line between nose and outside of the lips. (Dimple)
Philtrum
Depression in the Upper lip
Vermillion area
Pink area of the lips
Vermillion border
Where pink of the lips meets the skin and makes a line
Labial mental groove
Area below lower lip that separates chin and lips
Labial commissure
Corner of the mouth
