Facial Bones Inner Body Website

Question 1

Mandible

Answer 1

Only movable bone in the skull
Strongest and most massive in the face
Not fused to its neighbors
16 teeth embedded in superior surface
2 sections: body and ramus

Question 2

Temporomandibular joint

Answer 2

Ginglymoarthrodial joint - hinging joint, sliding joint
Functions: chewing, sucking, swallowing, phonation, facial expressions…etc

Question 3

Maxillae

Answer 3

Paired bones, largest in the face
Upper teeth innervate
Creates the hard palate
Fuses together in utero
Floor of the eye & nose as well as some sides of the nose
Lacrimal groove holds the lacrimal gland
Maxillary sinus largest perinasal sinus

Question 4

Nasal bone

Answer 4

Form bridge of upper nose
Sits in between frontal process of maxilla

Question 5

Palatine bone

Answer 5

Contributes to the formation of 3 cavities
Forms the posterior hard palate, floor and part of the sides of the nasal cavity and floor of orbital cavity

Question 6

Nasal conchae

Answer 6

Thin bones forms shelf along inner surface of side of nasal cavity
Inferior, middle, superior
Lies above the roof of the mouth
Helps with warming and humidifying air
Turbinants b/c it functions like turbines funneling air during inhalation

Question 7

Vomer

Answer 7

Shaped like a plow
Long, flat bone that joins with the ethmoid bone to create the nasal septum
Sits in the nasal crest

Question 8

Zygomatic bone

Answer 8

Responsible for the prominences of the cheeks below and to the sides of the eyes
Form lateral and floor of the eyes
Temporal process that is called zygomatic arch

Question 9

Lacrimal bone

Answer 9

Smallest bone in facial skeleton
Fills in portion of medial wall of eye orbit

Question 10

Hyoid bone

Answer 10

Upper end of larynx
Connects articulatory and Phonatory systems
Just under mandible
Only bone in the body not linked to another