Intraoral anatomy- Mandibular (Exam 2) Flashcards
The internal oblique ridge may also be called:
Mylohyoid ridge
In infants,a radiolucent line through the midline of the jaw between the images of the forming deciduous central incisors:
Symphysis
What are the arrows indicating in this image?
mandibular symphysis
What does this image represent?
mandibular symphysis
Bony protuberances located on the lingual surface of the mandible, slightly above the inferior border and in the midline:
Genial tubercles
What surface of the mandible are the genial tubercles located on?
Lingual surface
What does this image represent?
Genial tubercles
What type of image can you can really see the genial tubercles on?
CBCT
What are the arrows indicating in this image?
Genial tubercles
What are the arrows indicating in this image? (Occlusal radiograph)
Genial tubercles
What are the arrows indicating in this image? (Occlusal radiograph)
Genial tubercles
What are the arrows indicating in this image?
Genial tubercles
What are the arrows indicating in this image?
Genial tubercles
What are the arrows indicating in this image?
Genial tubercles
Radiopaque area on the midline of the mandible that looks similar to cortical bone is most likely:
Genial tubercles
A foramen on the lingual surface of the midline of the mandible, in the region of the genial tubercles:
Lingual foramen
The lingual foramen is located on the lingual surface of the midline of the mandible, in the region of:
Genial tubercles
What does this image represent?
Lingual foramen
Label the following image:
a) lingual foramen
b) mental spine
Label the following image:
a) lingual foramen
b) sublingual artery
What are the arrows indicating in this image?
Lingual foramen
What are the arrows indicating in this image?
Lingual foramen
What are the arrows indicating in this image?
Lingual foramen
What are the arrows indicating in this image?
Lingual foramen
What can be seen in this CBCT section?
Lingual foramen
On peripical radiographs of the mandibular central incisors, the ______ may occasionally be seen as two radiopaque lines sweeping bilaterally forward and upward toward the midline:
Mental ridge
What type of radiographs may capture the mental ridge?
Periapical radiographs of the mandibular central incisors
A radiopaque inverted V seen on mandibular radiographs:
Mental ridge
The following image represents the:
Mental ridge
What are the arrows indicating in this image?
Mental ridge
The mental ridge can be seen on the _____ surface of the mandible as a radiopaque ridge
anterior
What are the arrows indicating in this image?
Mental ridge
What are the arrows indicating in this image?
Mental ridge
A depression on the labial aspect of the mandible, extending laterally from the midline and above the mental ridge:
mental fossa
Because the mental fossa is a concavity, the bone itself appears to be more:
Radiolucent
What are the arrows indicating in this image?
Mental fossa
The mental fossa is a depression on the ____ aspect of the mandible, extending laterally from the midline and above the mental ridge
labial
What are the arrows indicating in this image?
Mental fossa
How does the mental fossa appear radiographically?
Radiolucent area with ill-defined borders in the region of the incisor roots
What can be seen in the following images?
Mental fossa
The mental foramen is usually located at the level of the:
Premolars
Usually the anterior limit of the inferior dental canal:
Mental foramen
What is seen in the following image?
Mental foramen
What are the arrows indicating in this image?
Mental foramen
What are the arrows indicating in this image?
Mental foramen
What are the arrows indicating in this image?
Mental foramen
What are the arrows indicating in this image?
Mental foramen
What are the arrows indicating in this image?
Mental foramen
What are the arrows indicating in this image?
Mental foramen
What are the arrows indicating in this image?
Mental foramen
What are the arrows indicating in this image?
Mental foramen
What may be confused with pathology when it is superimposed on the apex of a mandibular tooth?
Mental foramen (to reassure, check if lamina dura is intact & no caries)
Appears radiographically as a dark linear shadow with thin radiopaque superior & inferior borders:
Mandibular canal
The mandibular canal exits at the level of the:
Mental foramen
What is represented by the following image?
Mandibular canal
What can be seen in the following image?
Mandibular canal
What are the arrows indicating in this image?
Superior & inferior cortical borders of mandibular canal
What are the arrows indicating in this image?
Coricated borders of mandibular canal (on CBCT)
What are the arrows indicating in this image?
Mandibular canal (on cone beam cross-section)
What are the arrows indicating in this image?
Mandibular canal
What are the arrows indicating in this image?
Mandibular canal
What are the arrows indicating in this image?
Mandibular canal
What are the arrows indicating in this image?
Mandibular canal
Carry neurovascular bundles and appear as radiolucent lines of fairly uniform width:
Nutrient canals
What is represented by 2&3 in the following image?
Nutrient canals
What are the arrows indicating in this image?
Nutrient canals
What are the arrows indicating in this image?
Nutrient canals
What are the arrows indicating in this image?
Nutrient canals
What are the arrows indicating in this image?
Nutrient canals
What are the arrows indicating in this image?
Nutrient canals
If a patient has perio bone loss, what will likely be more prominent?
Vascular canals
A slightly irregular crest of bone on the lingual surface of the mandibular body:
Internal oblique ridge (Mylohyoid ridge)
What are the arrows indicating in this image?
Internal oblique ridge
What attaches to the internal oblique ridge? (mylohyoid ridge)
Mylohyoid muscle
What are the arrows indicating in this image?
Internal oblique ridge/mylohyoid ridge
What are the arrows indicating in this image?
Internal oblique ridge/mylohyoid ridge
What are the arrows indicating in this image?
Internal oblique ridge/mylohyoid ridge
What are the arrows indicating in this image?
Internal oblique ridge/mylohyoid ridge
What are the arrows indicating in this image?
Internal oblique ridge/mylohyoid ridge
What are the arrows indicating in this image?
Internal oblique ridge/mylohyoid ridge
What are the arrows indicating in this image?
Internal oblique ridge/mylohyoid ridge
What runs at the level of the molar apices and above the mandibular canal?
Internal oblique ridge/mylohyoid ridge
A depression of bone on the lingual surface of the mandibular body, immediately below the internal oblique ridge in the molar area:
Submandibular gland fossa
What are the arrows indicating in this image?
submandibular gland fossa
Indicated by a radiolucent region with ill-defined borders and sparse trabecular bone lying inferior to the mandibular molars:
Submandibular gland fossa
What does the radiolucent region inferior to the mandibular molars represent?
Submandibular gland fossa
A continuation of the anterior border of the mandibular ramus:
External oblique ridge
What is seen in the following image?
External oblique ridge
What are the arrows indicating in this image?
External oblique ridge
Seen as a radiopaque line near the alveolar crest in the mandibular third molar region:
External oblique ridge
The external oblique ridge lies on the ____ surface of the mandible
Buccal
What are the arrows indicating in this image?
External oblique ridge
What are the arrows indicating in this image?
External oblique ridge
What are the arrows indicating in this image?
External oblique ridge
What are the arrows indicating in this image?
External oblique ridge
Occasionally, seen on periapical projections as a characteristically dense, broad radiopaque band of bone:
Inferior border of the mandible
What does this image represent?
Inferior border of the mandible
What are the arrows indicating in this image?
Inferior border of the mandible
What are the arrows indicating in this image?
Inferior border of the mandible
What are the arrows indicating in this image?
Inferior border of the mandible
What are the arrows indicating in this image?
Inferior border of the mandible
A triangular radiopacity, with its apex directed superiorly and anteriorly, superimposed on the region of the third molar:
Coronoid process
What are the arrows indicating in this image?
Coronoid process
Bony outgrowths on the lingual surface of the mandible:
Mandibular tori
Mandibular tori can be described as often:
Bilateral and symmetrical
What can be seen in this image?
Mandibular tori
What surface do mandibular tori protrude from?
Lingual surface
What can be seen in this radiograph?
Mandibular tori
What are the large radiopaque entities on this radiograph?
Mandibular tori
What are the large radiopaque entities on this radiograph?
Mandibular tori
What are the large radiopaque entities on this radiograph?
Mandibular tori