Anatomy Flashcards
What does the ramus (part of the mandible) do?
Attaches some muscles of mastication
What are the two projections of the ramus of the mandible?
Coronoid process and condylar process
What does the condylar process do?
Contributes to the TMJ
What does the coronoid process do?
Attaches the temporalis muscle
What is the outer foramen of the mandible called?
Mental - transmits the mental nerve
What features of the face does the mental nerve supply?
Lower teeth, skin of the chin and gingival on the labial aspect of the anterior lower teeth.
What is the inner foramen of the mandible called?
Mandibular
What nerve does the mandibular foramen transmit?
Inferior alveolar nerve, which supplies all the lower teeth and some of the gingivae on the labial and buccal aspects.
What does the lingula have attached to it?
A ligament
What foramina do you find inferior of the orbits?
Infra-orbital foramina
When you open your mouth what is the process of the temporal bone called that the condylar process moves towards?
Articular eminence
What are the five bones that are hollow in places and some are called the para-nasal air sinuses?
- Right and left maxillae
- Frontal bone
- Sphenoid bone
- Ethmoid bone
What is the oral cavity bounded by?
Upper and lower teeth anteriorly and laterally and by an opening into the pharynx called the oro-pharyngeal isthmus posteriorly.
What space lies in the mouth outside the dental arches?
Vestibule
What is the ligamentous structure that limits how much you can lift your tongue?
Lingual frenulum
What is the V-shaped boundary that fuses the posterior 1/3 and anterior 2/3 of the tongue called?
Sulcus terminalis
Where is the palatine tonsil located?
Between the palatoglosal and palatopharyngeal arches
What is the hard palate composed of?
Palatine process of maxilla (greater and lesser) and the right and left maxilla
What is the large muscle of the neck that starts at the clavicle and sternum and runs to behind the ears called?
Sternocleidomastoid
What is the muscle around the eyes called?
Orbicularis oculi
What are the two muscles that control the zygomatica called?
Zygomaticus major and minor
What is the muscle that controls the mouths facial expression called?
Orbicularis oris
What is the muscle that moves the cheek called?
Buccinator
What is the muscle that levitates the mouth called?
Levator anguli oris
What is the muscle at the corner of the mouth?
Risorius
What is the muscle involved near the mouth in frowning?
Depressor anguli oris
What is the muscle in the chin?
Mentalis
What does the buccinator and superior constrictor attach to?
Pterygomandibular raphe
What cranial nerve supplies the muscles of facial expression?
7 - facial
What are the five branches of the facial nerve?
Temporal, zygomatic, buccal, mandibular and cervical
Do the branches of the facial nerve supply the parotid gland or just pass through it?
Just pass through it
What is the most important nerve in general sensory supply to the facial region?
Trigeminal
What are the three main divisions of the trigeminal nerve?
1) Opthalmic V1
2) Maxillary V2
3) Mandibular V3
What artery comes off the external carotid artery?
Maxillary
What nerve branches off this maxillary artery?
Inferior alveolar artery
What does the lingual artery do and where does it branch off?
Branches off the inferior external carotid artery and provides the blood supply to the tongue and structures of the floor of the mouth, including the lingual gingivae
Further from the IA artery what other artery branches off the external carotid artery?
Posterior superior alveolar artery
Anterior to the PSA artery what is the next artery to branch off the infraorbital artery?
Anterior superior alveolar artery
What teeth does the posterior superior alveolar artery supply?
Upper molars and premolars