Formation Mandible&TMJ Flashcards
Define: Ossification Center
Initial appearance of bone tissue in area where all bone organs of body form
How many ossification centers form in mandible? Maxillae? Intramembranous or Endochondral?
2 in mandible (Intramembranous-1 for each half which JOIN AT END OF 1st POSTNAL YEAR), 4 in maxillae (Intramembranous-2 centers in each half)
Within what environment does intramembranous bone development occur?
Mesenchyme
What type of bone development occurs within a cartilage model?
Endochondral development
What serves as a temporary skeleton of mandibular processes of B.A. 1?
The paired Meckel’s cartilages
What is the role of Meckel’s cartilages in reference to muscles that eventually attach to the mandible?
Meckel’s cartilages serve as a temporary attachment for the muscles until the mandible forms
Which 2 ear ossicles are modeled from Meckel’s cartilage?
Malleus & Incus. Stapes forms from arch II.
What two ligaments form from retrogressive changes of Meckel’s cartilage?
Anterior Mallelar and Sphenomandibular ligaments
Meckel’s cartilage serves as an enclosed growth site for which end of the mandible halves?
The chin end (distal)
What type of cartilage is Meckel’s cartilage characterized as?
Hyaline
T/F: Mandible begins development in the 4th embryonic week.
False-begins at 6th week (1st to show ossification center in entire human body)
Are mandibular ossification centers located medially, laterally, lingual, or buccal to Meckel’s cartilage?
The ossification centers are located laterally to Meckel’s cartilage.
What is significant of the future site of the mental foramina?
This site is where the mandibular ossification centers begin.
Which directions do the mandibular ossification centers grow?
Anterior and posterior.
Which portion of mandibular ossification center becomes the temporary lingual plate?
The anterior portion