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Mandible Flashcards

1
Q

What does the mandible form?

A

Lower jaw

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2
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What is the largest and strongest bone of the face and the only moveable bone of the skull?

A

Mandible

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3
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What are the articulations of the mandible?

A

Temporal bone
Mandibular teeth articulate with maxillary teeth

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4
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Key parts of the mandible?

A

Body
Ramus
Coronoid process
Condyle process
Alveolar process

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5
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What ascends vertically on each side of the mandible from posterior aspects of the body?

A

Ramus

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6
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How many processes is the ramus topped by?

A

2
Condyle and coronoid

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7
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What shape of bone is the body of the mandible?

A

U shaped

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What is the coronoid process?

A

Sits anterior to Condyle and forms insertion for temporalis muscle

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9
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What are the 2 parts of the Condyle?

A

Head - fits into mandibular fossa of the temporal bone
Neck - body of bone that supports the Condyle

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10
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What is the alveolar process in the mandible?

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Consists of 2 plates of bone - facial and lingual; houses the teeth

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11
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A ridge of bone that originates at the mental tubercle and sweeps upwards and backwards to become a sharp anterior border of the?

A

Ramus of the mandible

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12
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External features of the mandible?

A
  • Mental foreman
  • Mental tubercles
  • Mental protuberance
  • External oblique ridge
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13
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What external feature of the mandible transmits and carries the mental nerve and artery and where is it situated?

A

Mental foreman
Sits between lower 1st and 2nd premolar region

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14
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What muscles originate from the genial tubercles in the mandible?

A

Genioglossus and geniohyoid

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15
Q

Which 2 fossa in the mandible house the salivary glands?

A

Submandibular fossa
Sublingual fossa

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16
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What ridge runs parallel to the lower molars and rises upwards and which muscle attaches here?

A

Mylohyoid ridge
Mylohyoid muscle (floor of anterior part of mouth)

17
Q

Where is the digastric fossae located and what muscle attachment does it form?

A

Either side of the midline on the lingual mandible body.
Digastric muscle (aids with mandible movement)

18
Q

What are the key internal features of the mandible?

A
  • Digastric fossae
  • Genial tubercles
  • Mylohyoid ridge
  • Submandibular and sublingual fossa
  • Inferior dental foramen
19
Q

What are the key features of the inferior dental foramen?

A
  • Slanted opening at midpoint of the ramus
  • Small projection of bone (lingula)
  • Passage for inferior dental nerve

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