8. Skull and facial bones Flashcards
When imaging the nasal bones, how should you image and what two landmarks should you include?
Always bilateral imaging including the anterior nasal spine and nasion
What do the nasal bones articulate with?
- Other nasal bone
- Frontal bone (nasion)
- Maxillae
What is the smallest bone in the face?
Lacrimal bone
Where do the tear ducts pass through?
Each of the lacrimal bones
Where is the lacrimal bone located?
Posterior and lateral to nasal bones
What do the lacrimal bones form?
The anterior part of the medial wall of each orbit
What does the maxillary bones form?
(3)
- Part of the lateral walls and most of the floor of the nasal cavity
- Part of the floor of the orbits
- 1/4 of the hard palate
What is the hard palate and what is its function?
It is the bony roof of the mouth and separates the nasal cavity from the oral cavity and allows us to form a bolus
What is another name for the anterior nasal spine?
Acanthion
What are the four processes that come from the body of the maxillary?
- Frontal process
- Zygomatic process of the maxilla
- Alveolar process
- Palatine process
What bones articulate with the maxillary?
Every other facial bone exept the mandible
In a lateral image, how can you tell the left zygomatic process of the maxilla from the right?
The larger bone is closer, but in a lateral image, they should be superimposed
On a lateral skull, what anatomy do we use to asses the tilt of the skull?
Orbial plates of the frontal bone
(key word is skull)
Where is the inferior orbital fissue located?
Between the graeater wing of the sphenoid and maxilla
What are the landmarks located on the maxilla?
three
- Inferior orbital fissue
- Infraorbital foramen
- Maxillary branch of trigeminal nerve
On a lateral facial bone image, what structure to we look at to acess the tilt/rotation?
The zygomatic process
What forms the zygomatic arch?
The zygomatic process of the temporal bone and the temporal process of the zygomatic bone
What processes are formed by the zygomatic bones?
4
- Frontal process of zygomatic bone
- Temporal process of zygomatic bone
- Sphenoid process of zygomatic bone
- Maxillary process of zygomatic bone
What does the zygomatic bone articulate with?
4
- Frontal bone
- Temporal bone
- Sphenoid
- Maxillary
What is the function of the soft palate?
Closes the nasopharynx
Where does the palatine bones acessend?
Accends between the maxilla and the pterygoid processes of sphenoid
What does the palatine bone form?
Vertical-three
- The posterior nasal cavity
- Posteriomedial orbit (the tip)
- Posterior 1/4 of the hard palate
What do the inferior nasal conche form?
- Inferior lateral wall of the nasal cavity
What is the function of the 3 pairs of nasal conche?
Increase the surface area of the nasal cavity and help swirl and filter air before it passes into the lungs
What does the vomer form?
The inferior portion of the bony nasal septum
Which way does the vomer slide?
It slants superiorly and posteriorly from anterior nasal spine