Ch 4 Facial Markings Flashcards
What defines us in the eyes of others?
Combo of External Body and internal personality
The three types of facial markings
Wrinkles
Depressions
Projections
Factors Responsible for facial markings (6)
Heredity
Age
Environment
Muscle striation/action
Position of body
Condition of the body
Facial markings definition
the “characteristic” lines, wrinkles, grooves, cords, and dimples of the face and neck
A crevice in the skin boarded by adjacent elevations
Furrow/ Sulcus/ Wrinkle
An elongated depression on a relatively level plane or surface
Groove
An elongated prominence adjoining a surface
Fold
How many Natural facial markings are there?
9
Natural: the vertical groove located medially on teh upper lip located between the columna nasi and medial lobe of the mucous membrane of the upper lip
Philtrum
N:the eminence or projection on the cheek adjacent to the corners of the mouth. Extends from the superior part of the posterior margin of the wing of the nose to the side of the mouth.
Nasolabial fold
N: the angular area between the posterior margins of the wing of the nose and the nasolabial fold
Nasal sulcus
N: the shallow curving groove inferior to the medial corner of the eyelids, moving laterally downward
Oblique palpebral sulcus
N: the small convex prominence lateral to the end of the line of lip closure of the mouth
Angulus oris eminence
N: the groove at each end of the line of closure of the mouth
Angulus oris sulcus
N: the junction of the lower integumentary lip and the superior border of the chin, which may appear as a furrow
Labiolmental sulcus