Lecture 19 Flashcards
What is the lower jaw called?
Mandible
What are the two main sections of the mandible?
1) body
2) ramus
What is the anterior transverse part of the mandible?
Body
What is the posterior, vertical part of the mandible?
Ramus
What are the 3 main landmarks of the mandible?
1) mental protuberance
2) angle of mandible
3) mylohyoid line
Where is the mylohyoid line of the mandible located?
Inner surface of the body
The angle of the mandible is the angle between what two structures?
Body and ramus
What are the two types of foramen of the mandible?
1) mandibular foramen
2) mental foramen
Where is the mandibular foramen located?
Medial surface of the ramus, only visible from internal view
Where is the mental foramen located?
Anterior, lateral part of the body
What are the 4 processes of the mandible?
1) alveolar process
2) Coronoid Process
3) condyle process
4) mandibular notch
What are two reasons that jaw is important to understand?
1) it participates in speech
2) it’s important for swallowing
The bolus passing what structure marks the begging in of pharyngeal swallow?
Ramus
What are the alveolar processes?
Sockets for the teeth
The anterior projection of the ramus is called the _______ ______.
Coronoid process
The posterior projection of the ramus is called the _______ ______.
Condyle process
The Coronoid process is the attatchement for the ___ closing muscle called the _________.
Jaw; temporalis
The condyle process communicates with the ______/______ bone via the _____________ joint.
Cranium/temporal; temporal-mandibular
The mandibular notch is the space between the _______ and the ________
Coronoid and condyle
What is the upper jaw called?
Maxilla
What are the three parts of the body of the maxilla?
1) anterior nasal spine
2) superior surface
3) medial surface
What part of the maxilla forms the floor of the orbital cavity?
Superior surface
What part of the maxilla is lateral to the nasal turbinates?
Medial surface
What are the 4 processes of the maxilla?
1) zygomatic process
2) frontal process
3) alveolar process
4) palatine process