AXIAL: Facial

Question 1

This is the mnemonic used for cranial base / facial bones.

Answer 1

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V - Vomer
C - inferior nasal Conchae (2)
N - Nasal (2)
M - Maxilla (2)
M - Mandible
P - Palatine (2)
Z - Zygoma (2)
L - Lacrimal (2)

Question 2

Also known as the lower-jaw bone which forms the chin and anchors lower teeth

Answer 2

Mandible

Question 3

This is the largest and strongest bone of the face

Answer 3

Mandible

Question 4

Known as the upper jaw bone and parts of the hard palate, orbits, and nasal cavity walls

Answer 4

Maxilla

Question 5

This contains the largest paranasal sinus

Answer 5

Maxilla

Question 6

What is the largest paranasal sinus?

Answer 6

Maxillary sinus

Question 7

Forms the cheeks and parts of the orbits

Answer 7

Zygoma

Question 8

Forms the bridge of the nose

Answer 8

Nasal

Question 9

What are the 3 articulations found at the nasal bone?

Answer 9

1. Frontal
2. Maxilla
3. Perpendicular plate

Question 10

Where nerves for tooth sensation are transmitted

Answer 10

Mental foramen

Question 11

Forms the inferior part of the mandible

Answer 11

Body of mandible

Question 12

Forms the lateral part of the mandible

Answer 12

Paired rami (ramus for singular)

Question 13

This is the condyle of the ramus of the mandible that articulates with the skull

Answer 13

Condylar process

Question 14

This is a posterior point at which ramus meets the body

Answer 14

Mandibular angle

Question 15

This is an opening on the internal surface of the ramus of the mandible wherein it allows for divisions of the mandibular nerve and blood vessels to pass through

Answer 15

Mandibular foramen

Question 16

This is a sharp projection of the maxilla located at the anterior and inferior portion of the nasal cavity

Answer 16

Anterior nasal spine

Question 17

An opening under the orbit carrying the infraorbital nerves and blood vessels in the nasal region

Answer 17

Infraorbital foramen

Question 18

Fingernail-shaped structure which forms part of the medial orbit wall

Answer 18

Lacrimal bone

Question 19

Serves as a passageway for tears to drain from the eye surface to nasal cavity

Answer 19

Lacrimal sac

Question 20

This facial bone contains a deep grove which helps form the lacrimal fossa which houses the lacrimal sac

Answer 20

Lacrimal bone

Question 21

This forms the posterior part of the hard palate and a small part of nasal cavity and orbit walls

Answer 21

Palatine bone

Question 22

Joined at the median palatine suture and it completes the posterior portion of the hard palate

Answer 22

Horizontal plates

Question 23

Superiorly projecting plates that forms part of the posterolateral walls of the nasal cavity and a small part of the orbits

Answer 23

Perpendicular plates

Question 24

Slender, plow-shaped bone lies in the nasal cavity where it forms part of the nasal septum

Answer 24

Vomer

Question 25

Has the same function with the perpendicular plate

Answer 25

Vomer

Question 26

This articulates with the perpendicular plate of the ethmoid bone to form the posterior, inferior portion of the bony nasal septum

Answer 26

Vomer

Question 27

These are thin, curved bones in the nasal cavity

Answer 27

Inferior nasal conchae

Question 28

They project medially from the lateral walls of the nasal cavity, just inferior to the middle nasal conchae of the ethmoid bone

Answer 28

Inferior nasal conchae