Head and Neck Anatomy Flashcards
Landmarks of the anatomy are usually ________ or ____ ______ structures that are easily recognizable
Skeletal, soft tissue
What are landmarks used for? (2)
Used as reference points in describing the locations of anatomical structure
Or for taking measurements
What are the landmarks of the face? (8)
Ala of the nose Nasolabial groove Philtrum Vermillion border Vermillion zone Tubercle of the lip Labial commissures Labial-mental groove
Importance of Landmarks of the Face to Dental Assistant:
Dental assistants may notice _____ or _____ around ____, _____, or ____ areas; knowing the normal landmarks of the face, they can use correct ___________ to describe any _________ and record info as ______ _______
Scars, sores, nose, mouth, chin, terminology, deviation, health history
What can facial scars sometimes indicate? (3)
The person has been in an accident
May have had x-rays taken
Possibly had a surgery
Importance of Landmarks of the Face to Dental Assistant:
He/she may have ________ or had a _____ _____/___
Knowing this info may assist in the details of ______ _______ and _________ ____
Seizures, cleft plate/lip, health history, treatment plan
Understanding landmarks of the oral cavity can aid the dental assistant in what? (4)
Taking radiographs
Placing topical anaesthetic
Recognizing healthy tissue
Recording info or medical history on patient’s chart
What are the landmarks of the oral cavity? (12)
Vestibule Vestibule fornix Labial mucosa Buccal mucosa Parotid papilla Stensen's duct Linea alba Fordyce's spots Alveolar mucosa Gingiva Labial frenum Buccal frenum
What is the linea alba?
Raised white line that runs parallel to where teeth meet on buccal mucosa
Where is the palate area of oral cavity?
On the inside of maxillary teeth, the “roof of the mouth”
What is the palate divided into?
Hard and soft sections
What is the hard palate?
Bony plate covered with pink to brownish pink keratinized tissue
What is the soft palate?
Covers muscle tissue, darker-pink or yellowish
What sections of the palate are anterior and posterior?
Hard palate: Anterior
Soft palate: Posterior
What does the hard palate include? (3)
Incisive papilla
Palatine rugae
Palatine raphe
What is the incisive papilla?
On the hard palate, raised area of tissue lying behind maxillary central incisions
What does the soft palate and oropharynx include? (5)
Uvula Anterior tonsillar pillars Posterior tonsillar pillars Palative tonsils Fauces
Importance of Landmarks of Oral cavity to dental assistant:
Dental assistant should be aware that certain _____ cause patient to ____ _____ __ _____
Drugs, lose sense of taste
What is the average lifespan of taste buds?
10-10 1/2 days
What drug can possibly kill taste buds?
Cancer treatment drugs
How long does it take for a patient’s taste to return?
Around 10 days
What does the tongue include? (6)
Sulcus terminalis Circumvallate papilla Filiform papillae Fungiform papillae Foliate papilla Median sulcus on the dorsal or top surface of the tongue
What are papilla?
Small, raised projections where taste buds are located, anterior to the sulcus, covering the dorsal side of the tongue
What is the lingual frenum?
A line of tissue extending from the tongue to the floor of the mouth, in the middle of the ventral side of the tongue
What does the floor of the mouth include? (3)
Sublingual caruncles
Sublingual folds
Sublingual sulcus
What is the sublingual caruncles?
Two small, raised folds of tissue where the lingual frenum attaches to the floor of the mouth, one on either side of the frenum
How many major pairs of salivary glands supply the oral cavity with saliva? What are they called?
3 major pairs:
Parotid
Submandibular
Sublingual
What is the function of saliva glands?
To secrete saliva to assist in the process of digestion
What is saliva?
A clear fluid secreted by the salivary and mucous glands throughout the mouth
What does the viscosity of saliva depend on?
Individual’s chemical makeup
Diet
Medications
What does saliva contain? (4)
Water
Mucin
Organic salts
Digestive enzyme(ptyalin)
What is the function of saliva? (3)
Moisten and lubricate the oral cavity
Moisten food
Aiding in the mastication and swallowing of food
What is mastication?
Chewing
Identify:
Viral infection of parotid glands
Mumps
What are symptoms of mumps? Who is often affected by mumps?
Swelling and tenderness
Children between ages 5 and 15
How many sections is the skull divided into? What are the sections?
Two sections
Cranium and face
What is the function of the cranium?
Covers and protects the brain
How many bones is the cranium composed of?
8
How many bones is the face composed of? Includes what bones?
14
Maxilla and the mandible
Bones of the cranium:
Forms the forehead, the main portion of the roof of the eye socket (orbit), and part of the nasal cavity
Frontal bone
The frontal bone forms the ________, the main portion of the ____ of the ___ ______, and part of the _____ ______
Forehead, roof, eye socket, nasal cavity
What is the eye socket known as?
Orbit
Bones of the cranium:
Form most of the roof of the skull and the upper half of the sides
Parietal bones
The parietal bones form most of the ____ of the _____ and the _____ ____ of the _____
Roof, skull, upper half, sides
Bones of the cranium:
Form the lower sides and the base of the skull
Temporal bones
Are the temporal bones located above or below the parietal bones?
Below
What are the landmarks of the temporal bones? (4)
External auditory meatus
Mastoid process
Glenoid fossa
Styloid process
What are the only paired bones on the skull? (2)
Parietal bones
Temporal bones
Bones of the cranium:
Forms the back and base of the skull
Occipital bone
The occipital bone forms the ____ and ____ of the _____
Back, base, skull
The occipital bone contains what large opening? What passes through this large opening?
Foramen magnum
Spinal cord
Bones of the cranium:
Is a wedge-shaped bone that goes across the skull anterior to the temporal bones
Sphenoid bone
Describe the sphenoid bone
Single continuous bone, shaped like a bat with its wings spread
Bones of the cranium:
Forms part of the nose, orbits, and floor of the cranium
Ethmoid bone
The sphenoid bone is a ______-______ bone that goes ______ the _____ ________ to the ________ _____
Wedge-shaped, across, skull anterior, temporal bones
The ethmoid bone forms part of the ____, ______, and _____ of the _______
Nose, orbits, floor, cranium
List the eight bones of the cranium
Frontal Parietal 1 Parietal 2 Temporal 1 Temporal 2 Occipital Sphenoid Ethmoid
Bones of the face:
Form the bridge of the nose
Nasal bones
Nasal bones forms the ______ of the ____
Bridge, nose
Bones of the face:
Is a single bone on the inside of the nasal cavity
Vomer bone
The vomer bone is a ______ bone on the ______ of the _____ ______
Single, inside, nasal cavity
Bones of the face:
Scroll-like bones on the outside of the nasal cavities
Inferior nasal conchae
The inferior nasal conchae are a ______-like bones on the _______ of the _____ ________
Scroll, outside, nasal cavities
Bones of the face:
Small and very delicate bones
Lacrimal bones
Lacrimal bones are _____ and very ________
Small, delicate
Bones of the face:
Forms the cheeks
Zygomatic bones
The zygomatic bones form the ______
Cheeks
Bones of the face:
The largest of the facial bones and is composed of two sections of bone joined at the median suture
Maxillae
The maxillae is the largest of the ______ _____ and is composed of ___ sections of bone joined at the ______ ______
Facial bones, two, median suture
Bones of the face:
Joined at the midline, often referred to as the median palatine suture
Palatine bones
The palatine bones are joined at the _______, often referred to as the ______ ________ ______
Midline, median palatine suture
Bones of the face:
The only movable bone of the face
Mandible
The mandible is the only _______ bone of the face
Movable
Describe the mandible
Horseshoe-shaped body that is horizontal, with two vertical extensions called rami
What are the vertical extensions of the mandible called?
Rami
Mandible:
On the inside of the body of the _____ is the __________ _______, which is the beginning of the ________ _______ _____
Ramus, mandibular foramen, internal oblique ridge
In the centre of the mandible on the external surface is a concave area where two bones of the mandible are fused, what is this space called?
Symphysis
The symphysis is in the ______ of the mandible on the ________ _______ is a _______ area where ___ bones of the mandible are _____
Centre, external surface, concave, two, fused
What is the tip of the chin called?
Mental protuberance
What is the importance of bones of head and face? (2)
Understanding landmarks on radiographs
Identifying anatomy whilst assisting during surgical procedure
How many bones is the face comprised of?
14
How many bones of the face are single?
2
How many pairs of bones are there on the face?
6
What are all the bones of the face?
Nasal 1 Nasal 2 Vomer Inferior nasal conchae 1 Inferior nasal conchae 2 Lacrimal 1 Lacrimal 2 Maxillae 1 Maxillae 2 Zygomatic 1 Zygomatic 2 Palatine 1 Palatine 2 Mandible
What does TMJ stand for?
Temporomandibular Joint
What is the TMJ named for?
The temporal and mandible bones
How many parts is the TMJ composed of? What are the parts?
Glenoid fossa
Articular eminence
Condyloid process
What is the TMJ?
The union of the two bones - temporal and mandible bones
The glenoid fossa is part of the:
Temporal bone
The articular eminence is part of the:
Temporal bone