Chapter 15 - Musculoskeletal System - Facial Bones Flashcards
What is the Nasal bones?
Where is it located?
the two slender bones that support the bridge of the nose and join with the frontal bone and form part of the nasal septum.
– bridge and septum of the nose
What is the Lacrimal bones?
Where it is located?
What does it contain?
the two small, thin bones located at the corner of each eye
– corners of each eye
fossae for the lacrimal gland (tear gland) and canals for the passage of the lacrimal duct.
What is the Maxillae (Maxillary) bones?
Where is it located?
What is median plane?
the two large bones that compose the massive upper jawbones.
– upper jawbone
When the two large bones joined by a suture
What is the Mandible bones?
Both the maxilla and the mandible contain the sockets called? And what is that?
– lower jawbone
Alveoli - which the teeth are embedded
What is the Zygomatic bones?
– cheek bones
the two bones, one on each side of the face, that form the high portion of the cheek
What is the Vomer bones?
– nasal septum (thin, flat bone)
the thin, single, flat bone that forms the lower portion of the nasal septum.
What does cleft palate results?
When two bones do not come together normally before birth
What is Sinuses?
or air cavities, are located in specific places within the cranial and facial bones to lighten the skull and warm and moisten air as it passed through.
