head and neck exam 10/8 Flashcards
the hamular process is located on the
medial pterygoid plate
a joint between 2 or more neurocranial bones is a
suture
the squamosal surface is between the
temporal pone and paretal bone
which foramen allows major exit of venous drainage of the brain
jugular foramen
the lambdoidal suture is located between
occipital and parietal bone
the greater and lesser palantine foramen are located in the
posterolateral of the palatine bone , soft palate and hard palate
the inferior nasal concha is a part of the
viscerocranium
the inferior nasal concha is considered a
facial bone
where is the pterygopalatine fossa located
between the maxillae and the pterygoid process
what structure is the incisive foramen found in
hard palate
the palatine bone is part of the
viscerocranium
the adult mandible has how many parts
a single bone and 3 parts
the lingula is a projection of the
mandible
the nasal septum is composed of what bones
vomer and the ethmoid bone
the pituitary gland sits in a depression in which bone
the sphenoid bone
the hard palate is composed of which bones
the palatal process of the maxilla and palatine bone
which foramen is located below the orbit
the infraorbital foramen
what are the bones that make up the neurocranium
ethmoid frontal occipital parietal sphenoid and temporal
a short tube like opening through bone is called
foramen
the area from the eyes up to the top of the skull
frontal region
the superior orbital fissure is formed by the
greater and lesser wing of the sphenoid bone
the medial wall of the orbit is made up of
ethmoid bone
the anterior wall of the orbit is made of up
lacrimal bone
the posterior medial wall of the orbit is made up of
ethmoid bone
the floor of the orbit is made up of
maxilla and zygomatic bone
the inferior orbital fissure is formed by
maxilla and greater wing of the sphenoid
much of the anterior skull is formed by the
frontal bone
much of the posterior skull is formed by the
occipital bone
immediately posterior to the cristi galli and cribifrom plate is
sphenoid bone
the nerve and blood supply to the forehead come through which foramen
supraorbital foramen
another name for the coronal suture
frontopatietal suture
nerves and blood supply to the upper lip , lower eyelid of the nose come through
infraorbital foramen
what are the areas of the maxialle and the mandible that form the sockets of teeth
alveolar process
what is the foramen located on the lateral or external surface of the mandible
mental foramen
what bones make up the temporal fossa
frontal sphenoid temporal and parietal
a projection on the tempral bone posterior to the external auditory meatus is
mastoid process
what process lies inferior and medial to the ear
styloid process
what structure is just anterior to the mandibular fossa
articular eminence