Head Flashcards
Point where zygomatic process and temporal meet
zygomatic arch
3 processes of maxillary bone
alveolar, frontal, palatal
2 bones that make up hard palate
maxilla and palatine
Opening on inside of mandible for teeth
mandibular foramen
Innervation of facial muscles
C-VII facial nerve
4 main muscles of face and function
frontalis - moves forehead
buccinator - smile
obicularis oculi - around eye
orbicularis oris - around lips
Movements of mandibular joint (5)
elevation, depression, protrusion, retraction, lateral excursion
Meeting points of mandibular joint
mandibular condyle and mandibular fossa on temporal bone
Muscles of mastication and their movements (4)
temporalis - elevator and retractor
masseter - elevator and protruder
lat. pterygoid - pulls head forward and lat. excursion
med. pterygoid - protruder, elevator, lat excursion
innervation of mandible
C -V3 mandibular division of trigeminal
muscles of jaw opening
digastric and mylohyoid
main salivary gland and path of saliva
parotid gland>parotid duct>pappilae above 2nd molar
Placement of parotid gland
between mastoid process and ramus of mandible
5 main branches of facial nerve C-II (sup to inf)
Temporal, Zygomatic, Buccal, Mandibular, Carotid
5 layers of scalp
Skin, Connective tissue, Aponeurosis, Loose areolar tissue, Periosteum
2 parts of skull and function
- braincase - protect and support brain
2. facial skeleton - protect and support airways and food passages
3 main sutures in skull
coronal, saggital, lambdoid, squamosal
3 main meeting points of sutures
bregma - coronal and sag
lambda - lamboidal and sag
pterion - coronal and squamosal
significance of pterion
mid. meningeal art lies just behind
3 levels of braincase
Ant, middle, post. fossae
Function and main bones of ant. cranial fossa
Funct - support frontal lobes
Bones - frontal, ant. ethmoid, lesser sphenoid, crista galli
Function and main bones of mid. cranial fossa
Funct - supports temp. lobe, diencephalon, pit gland
Bones - temporal, greater sphenoid
Function and main bones of post. cranial fossa
Funct - support brain stem and cerebellum
Bones - petrous temporal, occipital, foramen magnum
3 layers of meninges
- dura mater
- arachnoid mater, subarachnoid space, arachnoid villi
- pia mater