skull face and scalp Flashcards
the viscerocranium protects
facial bones to protect airway
the importance of the pteryon
easily broken because middle meningeal artery is there
foramen that line up on the skull
mental, supraorbital, infraoribital
bones of the face
nasal (2) Maxilla (2) Zygomatic (2) Mandible Lacrimal (2) Vomer Inferior nasal conchae (2) Palatine (2)
teeth processes for maxilla and mandible
alveolar processes
foramen of the mandible
mental foramen
foramen of the maxillae
infraorbital foramina
the valley between the condyl and the coronoid process of the mandible
mandibular notch
opening on the infernal surface of the ramus of the mandible
mandibular foramen
what passes through the mandibular foramen
mandibular nerve and b.v.
the grove that appears after the mandibular foramen
mylohyoid groove
a small projection of bone on the posterior aspec of the mandible in the midline for attachment of the geniohyoid and genioglossus
mental spine
boundries of the orbit
Frontal bone- roof zygonmatic bone- lat wall maxilla - floor and part of medial wall lacrimal and ethmoid - medial wall sphenoid- posterior wall
where is the supraoribital foramen
in the superciliary arch
where is the optic canal
in the medial wall
where is the superior orbital fissure
in the medial wall
where is the inferior orbital fissure
in the floor
the lacrimal groove communicates with what
the nasal cavity
projection of the lat wall of the nasal cavity
nasal conchae
what bone has the superior nasal conchae
ethmoid
what bone has the middle nasal conchae
ethmoid
what bone has the inferior nasal conchae
separate bones
role of the paranasal sinuses
bone lightening
resonance to voice
what lines paranasal sinuses
mucousal membranes