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Mandible Flashcards

1
Q

What are the key parts of the mandible?

A

Body
Ramus
Coronoid process
Condyle
Alveolar process

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What is the body of the mandible ?

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Horizontal portion
Anteriorly the right and left bodies are fused to the midline to form a U shaped bone

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What is the coronoid process of the mandible ?

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Sharp, beak like process anterior to the condyle
Insertion of the temporalis muscle

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What is the ramus of the mandible ?

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Ascends vertically on each side from the posterior aspects of the body

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What 2 proceses top the ramus of the mandible ?

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Condyle and coronoid process

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What is the Condyle of the mandible?
(Head and neck)

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Head a roller shaped process that articulates with the reciprocally shaped mandibular fossa and temporal bone

Neck - a bar of bone that supports the Condyle

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What is the alveolar process of the mandible ?

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Houses 8 teeth on each side

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What 2 plates of bone does the alveolar process of the mandible consist of ?

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Facial (lateral) plate
Lingual (medial) plate

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Q

What is the external oblique ridge?
(External mandible feature)

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A ridge of bone that originates at the mental tubercle and sweeps upward and backwards to become the sharp anterior border of the vertical ramus

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What is the mental foramen?
(External mandible feature)
Where is it located ?

A

Transmits the mental nerve and artery
Located at the midpoint of the inferior border and the alveolar crest in the region of the second premolar

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What is the mental protuberance (chin) of the external mandible ?

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Triangular elevation of bone

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What is the mental tubercles ?
(Exterior feature of mandible)

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Small elevations either side of the mental protuberance

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What is the digastric fossae?
(Feature of internal mandible)

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Small depressions on either side of the midline and reflect the bony origins of the anterior belly of the digastric muscle

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What are the upper and lower aspects of the mental spine (genial tubercles)?
(Internal mandible feature)

A

Upper - genioglossus muscle
Lower - geniohyoid muscle

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15
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What is the mylohyloid ridge?

(Internal feature of mandible)

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Origin of attachment for the mylohyloid muscle

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16
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What is the submandibular fossa?

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Site of submandibular salivary gland

17
Q

What is the sublingual fossa?

A

Site of sublingual salivary gland

18
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What is the mandibular (inferior dental) foramen

A

Lip of bone covering anterior edge lingual
Passage for inferior dental nerve

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