bony landmarks Flashcards
mental protuberance
on external/anterior surface inferior to alveolar process
Mental foramen
function - transmits the mental nerve, artery, and vein
Digastric fossa
attachments - anterior digastric muscle
Alveolar part
function - houses roots of teeth
Mylohyoid line
attachments - mylohyoid muscle
Submandibular fossa
function - houses the submandibular gland
Sublingual fossa
function - houses the sublingual gland
Superior genial tubercle (superior mental spine)
attachment - genioglossus muscle
Inferior genial tubercle (inferior mental spine)
attachment - geniohyoid muscle
Mylohyoid groove
function - houses mylohyoid nerve
Angle (of ramus of mandible)
attachments - masseter and medial pterygoid muscles
Mandibular foramen
function - transmits the inferior alveolar nerve, artery, and vein
Mandibular canal
function - houses the inferior alveolar nerve, artery, and vein
Lingula
attachments - sphenomandibular ligament
Mylohyoid groove
function - houses mylohyoid nerve