Anatomy of the skull Flashcards
What happens to the condyle when the mouth opens?
- moves anteriorly
What are sinuses?
- Air spaces within the bone
Which bones within the skull contain sinuses?
- Maxilla
- Ethmoid
- Frontal
- Sphenoid
What is the Oro-pharyngeal Isthmus?
- the space bound by the palatoglossal and palatopharyngeal arches and the base of the tongue
Where is the lingual frenulum?
- attaches to the ventral surface of the tongue and the floor of the mouth
What is Ankyloglossia?
- shortened frenula
What bones comprise the hard palate?
- Palatine process of the maxilla
- Horizontal plate of the palatine bone
Where is the greater palatine foramen located?
- between the maxilla and the palatine bone
Where is the lesser palatine foramen found?
- in the palatine bone
Where is the incisal foramen found?
- behind the upper incisor teeth
What is the line in the tongue called that divides the anterior 2/3 from the posterior 1/3?
- Sulcus terminalis
What are the islands of the tongue called which cross from the posterior 1/3 into the anterior 2/3?
Circumvallate papillae
Where is the mental foramen located?
- On the buccal surface of the body of the mandible
Where is the Infra–orbital foramen located?
- in the maxilla
Which cranial nerve is the facial nerve?
- number 7
What cranial nerve is the trigeminal nerve?
- number 5
What is the Pterygomandibular Raphe?
Attaches to the buccinator muscle and the superior constrictor
What is the function of the facial nerve?
- The major motor supply to the muscles of facial expression
Where do the branches of the facial nerve pass through?
- The parotid gland
What is Bells Palsy?
- When the muscles of facial expression become paralysed due to a virus inflaming the facial nerve
What is the function of the trigeminal nerve?
- Provide sensory function to the face
What are the branches of the trigeminal nerve?
- Mandibular
- Maxillary
- Opthalmic
What are the branches of the facial nerve called?
- Temporal
- Zygomatic
- Buccal
- Mandibular
- Cervical
What is the muscle that surrounds the lips called?
- Obicularis Oris
What is the muscle that surrounds the eyes called?
- Obicularis Oculi
What is the Dura Mater?
- A protective layer between the skull and the brain