Facial Bones- Chapter 11 Flashcards
Of the 14 bones that make up the facial skeleton, only 2 bones are unpaired. What are they?
Vomer
Mandible
What are the largest immovable bones of the face?
Maxillary Bones
The right and left maxillary bones are solidly united at the midline below the ______ ________?
Nasal Septum
Each maxilla assists in the formation of 3 cavities of the face. What are the 3 cavities?
Mouth
Nasal Cavity
One Orbit
What are the four process on the maxilla?
Frontal Process
Zygomatic Process
Alveolar Process
Palatine Process
What projects laterally to unite with zygoma?
Zygomatic Process
What is the inferior aspect of the body of each maxilla?
(8 upper teeth)
Alveolar Process
What projects upward alone the lateral border of the nose towards the frontal bone?
Frontal Process
Superior aspect of the anterior nasal spine is called what?
Acanthion
The body of each maxillary bone contains a large, air filled cavity known as a
Maxillary Sinus
What kind of joint is the palatine process?
Synathrodial (Immovable)
The two palatine process form the _____ part of the roof of the mouth
Anterior
The horizontal portion of two other facial bones, the palatine bones, form what part of the hard palate?
Posterior
Projecting posteriorly from the zygoma is a slender process that connects with the zygomatic process of the temporal bone to form the _____?
Zygomatic Arch
The anterior portion of the arch is formed by the _______?
Zygoma
Positioning landmark, and this term refers to this prominence portion of the zygoma
Zygomatic Prominence
Thinnest and most fragile bones in the entire body
Lacrimal
What forms the bridge of the nose
Two nasal bones
These two bones project from the lateral walls of the nasal cavity on each side and extend medially
Inferior Nasal Conchae
How many pairs of nasal conchae are there
3
3 pairs of the nasal conchae
Superior/Middle ; Ethmoid
Inferior
Nasal Conchae Job
Break up or mix the flow of air coming into the nasal cavity before it reaches the lungs; Incoming air is warmed and cleaned as it comes in contact with the mucous membrane the covers the conchae
The cribiform plate and the crista galli of the ethmoid bone help to separate the cranium from the ____
facial bone mass
What 2 bones formed the bony nasal septum
Ethmoid
Vomer
Anterior nasal septum is cartilaginous and termed
Septal Cartilage
Thin, triangular bone that forms the infero-posterior part of the nasal septum
Vomer
Source of nosebleed
Vomer
Site of nasal deviation
Between the septal cartilage and the vomer
Only movable bone in the adult skull
Mandible
Center of mental protuberance
Mental Point
Single body that forms from each lateral half and unites at the anterior midline
Symphysis
The mental foramina serve as a passage way for what
Mental artery/vein
Mental nerve
Does the coronoid process articulate with another bone
No