Mandible , TMJ Flashcards
_____ is the largest and denset bone of the face.
Mandible
What does the mandible consists of:
- ____
- ___
- curved horizontal portion= Body
2. 2 vertical portions = rami
At birth the mandible consists of bilateral piecies held together by ______, that ossifies during the _____ year of life.
- fibrous symphysis
2. 1st year of life
_____ is located at the site of ossification and is a triangular prominence
mental protuberance
____ is the most anterior and central part of the mandible
symphysis
____ is where the left and right halves of mandible are fused
symphysis
The superior boarder of the body of the mandible consist of spongy bone called the ______.
Alveolar process
Each ramus presents 2 process at its upper extremity
- ____
- ___
- Coronoid process ( anterior)
2. Condylar process ( posterior)
The 2 process of the rami are separated by a concave area called _____.
mandibular notch
______ articulates with mandibular fossa of the temporal bone
condylar process
The TMJ is situated immediately in front of the _____.
EAM
_____ is a small U-shaped structure. It is situated at the base of ____. It is an ______ bone of the axial skeleton
1.Hyoid bone
2. Base of tongue
3 Accessory
The ______ is the only bone of the body that does not articulate with any other bone
hypoid bone
What does the hyoid bone consists of:
- body
- 2 greater cornua
- 2 Lesser cornua
Why is there not a lateral projection of the mandible
because both halves of the mandible would superimpose each other obscuring information from both sides.
What makes up the condylar process
condyle
&
neck