Bones and Cartilages of the Nose Flashcards
1
Q
What is the roof of the nose formed from?
A
Nasal bones
Part of the frontal bone
Ethmoid bone
Body of sphenoid bone
2
Q
What part of the ethmoid bone is involved in the roof of the nose?
A
Cribriform plate
3
Q
What is the floor of the nasal cavity formed by?
A
Palatine processes of maxillae
Palatine bones
4
Q
What divides the nasal cavity into two halves?
A
Nasal septum
5
Q
What bones form the nasal septum?
A
Vomer
Perpendicular plate of the ethmoid bone
6
Q
What, other than the bones, makes up the nasal septum?
A
Septal cartilage
7
Q
Where does the olfactory nerve pass through?
A
The cribriform plate
8
Q
What is the falx cerebri attached to?
A
Crista gali
9
Q
What is the hard palate formed by?
A
Palatine process of the maxilla
Horizontal plate of the palatine bone
