AXIAL: Facial Flashcards
This is the mnemonic used for cranial base / facial bones.
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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)
Also known as the lower-jaw bone which forms the chin and anchors lower teeth
Mandible
This is the largest and strongest bone of the face
Mandible
Known as the upper jaw bone and parts of the hard palate, orbits, and nasal cavity walls
Maxilla
This contains the largest paranasal sinus
Maxilla
What is the largest paranasal sinus?
Maxillary sinus
Forms the cheeks and parts of the orbits
Zygoma
Forms the bridge of the nose
Nasal
What are the 3 articulations found at the nasal bone?
- Frontal
- Maxilla
- Perpendicular plate
Where nerves for tooth sensation are transmitted
Mental foramen
Forms the inferior part of the mandible
Body of mandible
Forms the lateral part of the mandible
Paired rami (ramus for singular)
This is the condyle of the ramus of the mandible that articulates with the skull
Condylar process
This is a posterior point at which ramus meets the body
Mandibular angle
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
Mandibular foramen
This is a sharp projection of the maxilla located at the anterior and inferior portion of the nasal cavity
Anterior nasal spine
An opening under the orbit carrying the infraorbital nerves and blood vessels in the nasal region
Infraorbital foramen
Fingernail-shaped structure which forms part of the medial orbit wall
Lacrimal bone
Serves as a passageway for tears to drain from the eye surface to nasal cavity
Lacrimal sac
This facial bone contains a deep grove which helps form the lacrimal fossa which houses the lacrimal sac
Lacrimal bone
This forms the posterior part of the hard palate and a small part of nasal cavity and orbit walls
Palatine bone
Joined at the median palatine suture and it completes the posterior portion of the hard palate
Horizontal plates
Superiorly projecting plates that forms part of the posterolateral walls of the nasal cavity and a small part of the orbits
Perpendicular plates
Slender, plow-shaped bone lies in the nasal cavity where it forms part of the nasal septum
Vomer
Has the same function with the perpendicular plate
Vomer
This articulates with the perpendicular plate of the ethmoid bone to form the posterior, inferior portion of the bony nasal septum
Vomer
These are thin, curved bones in the nasal cavity
Inferior nasal conchae
They project medially from the lateral walls of the nasal cavity, just inferior to the middle nasal conchae of the ethmoid bone
Inferior nasal conchae
