Bony landmarks- Mandible Flashcards
What muscles attach to the external surface of the body of the mandible?
depressor anguli oris and platysma muscles
What does the mental foramen transmits?
mental nerve, artery and vein
What muscle attaches to the incisive fossa?
mentalis muscle
The digastric fossa of the mandible (base) serves as an attachment for what muscles?
Anterior digastric muscle
The _______ part of the mandible functions to house the roots of the teeth and as an attachement for the buccinator muscle.
Alveolar
The mylohyoid line serves as an attachement for the ___________ muscle.
mylohyoid muscle
The submandibular fossa houses the ___________.
submandibular gland
The sublingual fossa houses the _______.
sublingual gland
The superior genial tubercle serves as the attachment for the _______ muscle.
genioglossus
The inferior genial tubercle serves as an attachement for the _________ muscle.
geniohyoid
The mylohyoid groove houses the ________.
mylohyoid nerve
The mandibular ramus serves as an attachment for the __________ muscle.
masseter
The angle (of mandibular ramus) serves as an attachment for ______ and ________ muscles.
masseter; medial pterygoid
What does the mandibular forament transmits?
*inferior alverolar nerve, artery and vein
The ________ houses the inferior alveolar nerve, artery and vein within the ramus and body of the mandible.
mandibular canal
The lingula serves as an attachment for the _________.
*sphenomandibular ligament
The temporal crest serves as an attachment for the _________.
temporalis muscle
The oblique line serves as an attachement for the ________ muscle.
depressor labii inferioris
The coronoid process serves as an attachment for the _______.
temporalis muscle
The temporal crest serves also as an attachement for the _________.
temporalis muscle
The mandibualr notch transmits the _______ and ______ to the masseter muscle.
nerve; artery
The condylar process has the following parts:
- head of the mandible
- medial pole
- lateral pole
- neck of mandible
