Head, Neck And Face Flashcards
What bones form the cranium?
The parietal, occipital, frontal and temporal bones.
What are the bones of the face?
the zygomatic bone, the nasal bone, the maxilla and the mandible.
Where can you find the frontal bone?
The forehead
Where can you find the parietal bone?
Top of the head
What can you find the occipital bone?
Back of the head
Where is the zygomatic bone?
Cheeks
Where is the maxilla?
Top of mouth and around nose.
Where is the mandible?
The jaw
Where can you feel the mastoid process?
Behind the ears
What is the join called that connects the frontal bone to the parietal bone?
Coronal suture
What is the edge of the eye socket called?
Supraorbital margin
What is the hyoid bone?
A mobile U-shaped bone lies horizontally at the level of the angle
under the chin with the convex curve
pointing forwards, about 2.5 cm superior to the larynx (voice box).
How many vertebrae in the neck?
7 (c1-c7)
C1 can also be called?
Atlas
C2 can also be called?
Axis
What is the ‘peg’ of C2 called which supports rotation?
odontoid process
What is the big hole in the centre of the vertebra called?
a vertebral foramen
What travel through the vertebral foramen?
Spinal cord
What travels through the transverse Foramen?
The vertebral artery
What the are the eye sockets called? And what bone forms the base of the socket?
Orbital Cavities (the Maxilla forms the base)
Where can you find the supraorbital notch?
At the medial middle third of the supraorbital ridge (top middle of the eye socket).
What forms the visible sides of the Adam’s apple?
Thyroid cartilage
What lies just under the thyroid cartilage
The cricoid cartilage
What can the voice box also be called?
Larynx
What do you call the fleshy and
fibrous wings of the nostrils?
Nasal ala
The external part of the ear is called the?
Aurical
What do you call the fold of mucous membrane which attaches the upper lip to the gum in the midline?
The frenulum
How many teeth do adults have?
32
What are the three pairs of major glands which secrete saliva into the mouth via ducts?
• parotid glands: close to the masseter muscle
• submandibular glands: close to the mandible in the floor of the mouth
• sublingual glands: close to the tongue
The head is supplied by what artery?
common carotid arteries.
The inner corner of the eye is called?
Medial canthus
The outer corner of the eye is call the?
The lateral canthus?
The white of the eye is called?
sclera
