Intra-oral Anatomy 1

Question 1

intermaxillary suture looks?

Answer 1

RADIO-LUSCENT LINE - not held together by bone - but soft tissue

Question 2

Incisive / Nasopalatine Foramen

Answer 2

transluscent

• always present between 8 and 9 on palatal asepct
• open
• could be superimposed

Question 3

incisive foraman AKA

Answer 3

nasopalantine

Question 4

SUPERIOR foramina of the nasopalatine canal

Answer 4

superior of the canal and foramen

- should be two on either side and this is the connection

Question 5

anterior nasal spine?

Answer 5

Radio-opaque - bony projection

-around midline and superior -ish to the ninter-maIxillarysuture

Question 6

inferior nasal concha

Answer 6

will be radio-lsucent and to the left or right of the nasal septum which is a radio-opaque bony projection

Question 7

what is the only concha you can see?

Answer 7

Inferior nasal

Question 8

what is below the inferior nasal concha? how do you know?

Answer 8

the floor of the nasal fossa – will look like a thick radio-opaque line

Question 9

Floor of nasal cavity kinda equals?

Answer 9

Hard palate

Question 10

hard palate

Answer 10

looks like a white line and is the continuity of the floor of the nasal cavity –> as it goes more posterior will start to look like more of a straight line

Question 11

soft tissue outline you see on maxillary anterior region?

Answer 11

nose

Question 12

anterior nasal spine vs. nasal septum?

Answer 12

nasal septum is more superior

- anterior nasal spine is in closer proximity to the two central incisors

Question 13

zygomatic process of the maxilla will look?

Answer 13

thick radio-opaque structure

- could be supermimposed over second or first or second or third molars

Question 14

which pterygoid will you see?

Answer 14

lateral

- because it its longer

Question 15

what comes out of medial plate?

Answer 15

hamulus