facial bones

Question 1

how many facial bones are there

Answer 1

14

Question 2

what are facial bones for

Answer 2

mastication and facial expressions

Question 3

what do the nasal bones articulate with (4)

Answer 3

the other nasal bone
frontal bone (nasion)
maxillae
perpendicular plates of ethmoid

Question 4

what are the facial bones (8)

Answer 4

nasal bones
lacrimal bones
maxillary bones
zygomatic bones
palatine bones
inferior nasal conchae
vomer
mandible

Question 5

what do the nasal bones form

Answer 5

the bridge of the nose

Question 6

where are the lacrimal bones (in relation to nasals)

Answer 6

posterior and lateral to nasal bones

Question 6

why is the nasal bone image so widely collimated

Answer 6

to include the anterior nasal spine

Question 7

what is/are the smallest bone(s) in the face

Answer 7

the lacrimal bones

Question 8

what passes through the lacrimal bones

Answer 8

the tear ducts

Question 9

what do the maxillary bones articulate with

Answer 9

every other facial bone except the mandible,
plus the frontal and ethmoid bones

Question 9

what do the maxillary bones form (3)

Answer 9

part of lateral walls and floor of nasal cavity
part of the floor of the orbits
3/4 of the hard palate

Question 10

why is the maxillary bone important to mastication

Answer 10

it forms the hard surface to help in making a bolus of food

Question 11

what does the maxillary body contain

Answer 11

the maxillary sinuses

Question 12

what makes up the hard palate?

Answer 12

3/4 maxillary
1/4 palatine

Question 12

what is outside of the anterior nasal spine

Answer 12

acanthion

Question 13

what are the 4 processes that come from the maxillary body

Answer 13

frontal
zygomatic
alveolar
palatine

Question 13

what is the most important process in lateral facial imaging

Answer 13

zygomatic process of the maxilla

Question 14

what does the frontal process of the maxilla articulate with

Answer 14

the nasal bone and frontal bone

Question 15

what does the zygomatic process of the maxilla articulate with

Answer 15

the zygoma

Question 15

what does the alveolar process of the maxilla articulate with

Answer 15

8 teeth

Question 16

what does the palatine process of the maxilla articulate with

Answer 16

the palatine bones

Question 17

how does the zygomatic bone appear on lateral facial/orbit projections

Answer 17

triangular

Question 18

what happens when the 2 palatine processes do not fuse together

Answer 18

forms a cleft palate

Question 18

where is the inferior orbital fissure

Answer 18

between the greater wing of the sphenoid and the maxilla

Question 19

what is the infraorbital foramen for

Answer 19

maxillary (2nd) branch of the trigeminal nerve

Question 20

what do the zygomatic bones form

Answer 20

the cheek bones (malar)

Question 20

what do the inferior nasal conchae form

Answer 20

inferior wall of the nasal cavity

Question 20

what do the zygomatic bones articulate with (4)

Answer 20

frontal temporal sphenoid maxillary

Question 20

what forms the zygomatic arch

Answer 20

the zygomatic process of the temporal bone the temporal process of the zygomatic bone

Question 20

what shape are palatine bones

Answer 20

"L" shaped

Question 20

what is the longest and strignest facial bone

Answer 20

the mandible

Question 21

what does the horizontal part of palatine bone form

Answer 21

the posterior 1/4 of the hard palate

Question 21

what do the 3 pairs of nasal conchae do

Answer 21

increase the surface area of the nasal cavity help swirl and filter air before in goes into the lungs

Question 21

what does the vomer form

Answer 21

inferior portion of the bony nasal septum

Question 22

how many facial bones move? which one(s)

Answer 22

1, the mandible

Question 23

what is the vertical part of the mandible

Answer 23

the ramus

Question 23

what does the mandibular ramus have

Answer 23

mandibular condyle coronoid process

Question 24

where is the mandibular notch

Answer 24

area between the coronoid process and condyle

Question 24

what process is a part of the mandibular ramus

Answer 24

the coronoid process

Question 24

what is the mental protruberance

Answer 24

the very tip of the chin

Question 24

what forms the TMJ

Answer 24

mandibular condyle articulates with the mandibular fossa of the zygomatic process of the temporal bone

Question 24

what is the mandibular coronoid process

Answer 24

an attachment for the temporalis muscle

Question 25

what is the alveolar process on the mandible

Answer 25

the articulation for the teeth

Question 26

what is the name of the connection between the mental protruberance and the EAM

Answer 26

mentalmeatal line

Question 26

TMJ

Answer 26

temporomandibular joints

Question 27

what is the TMJ

Answer 27

condyle of the mandible articulates with the mandibular fossa of the zygomatic process of the temporal bone

Question 27

where is the TMJ

Answer 27

anterior and slightly superior to the EAM

Question 27

what joint type is the TMJ

Answer 27

synovial, diarthrosis hinge and gliding

Question 28

what is excursion

Answer 28

the amount that the condyle moves

Question 28

what are the 4 paranasal sinuses

Answer 28

frontal sinuses sphenoid sinuses ethmoid sinuses maxillary sinuses

Question 29

what are the 4 purposes of the paranasal sinuses

Answer 29

resonating chamber for voice decrease the weight of the skull help warm and moisten inhaled air act as a shock absorber

Question 29

how many frontal sinuses is typical

Answer 29

2

Question 29

where are the frontal sinuses located

Answer 29

between the 2 tables of squama

Question 29

how many sphenoidal sinuses is typical

Answer 29

2

Question 30

where are the ethmoidal sinuses

Answer 30

in the lateral masses of the ethmoid

Question 31

what is the range of anterior ethmoid sinuses

Answer 31

2-8

Question 32

what is the range of middle ethmoid sinuses

Answer 32

2-8

Question 33

what is the range of posterior ethmoidal sinuses

Answer 33

2-6

Question 33

what are the largest paranasal sinuses

Answer 33

maxillary

Question 33

where are the maxillary sinuses

Answer 33

in the body of the maxillae

Question 34

what shape are the maxillary sinuses from frontal and lateral views

Answer 34

frontal: pyramid shaped laterally: more cube shaped

Question 34

what is the floor of the maxillary sinus called

Answer 34

maxillary antrum

Question 34

how many cranial and facial bones compose the orbits

Answer 34

3 cranial 4 facial

Question 35

what cranial bones compose the orbits

Answer 35

frontal sphenoid ethmoid

Question 36

what facial bones compose the orbits

Answer 36

palatine zygomatic lacrimal maxillary

Question 37

what bones form the circumference of the orbit

Answer 37

frontal, zygomatic, maxillary

Question 38

what bones form the roof of the orbit

Answer 38

mainly frontal lesser wings of sphenoid

Question 38

what bones form the floor of the orbits

Answer 38

maxillary zygomatic palatine

Question 39

what bones form the medial wall of the orbit

Answer 39

ethmoid lacrimal maxillary

Question 39

what is the thinnest portion of the orbots

Answer 39

the medial wall

Question 40

what bones form the lateral wall of the orbit

Answer 40

frontal process of the zygomatic greater wing of the sphenoid

Question 41

what is the thickest portion of the orbits

Answer 41

the lateral wall

Question 42

what does the hyoid articulate with

Answer 42

jokes. nothing

Question 43

what shape is the hyoid

Answer 43

u-shaped

Question 44

how is the hyoid held in place

Answer 44

suspended from the styloid processes of the temporal bones by muscles and ligaments

Question 45

where is the hyoid

Answer 45

located in the anterior part of the neck between the mandible and larynx

Question 46

what is the purpose of the hyoid

Answer 46

to support the tongue

Question 47

what could cause a hyoid fracture

Answer 47

strangulation