Maxillofacial Anatomy and Correlates Flashcards
Vertical buttresses
Zygomatico-fronto-maxillary (lateral)
Nasomaxillary (medial)
Pterygomaxillary (posterior)
Major buttresses of midface
Frontal bar
Medial nasomaxillary
Lateral zygomaxillary
Horizontal buttresses
Supraorbital bar
Inferior orbital rim/Orbital floor
Alveolus
Upper third of face
Any fracture is classified ⬆️
Frontal bone
Frontal sinus
Supraorbital ridge
Fx of middle third of face may involve
Nasal Orbital Naso orbito ethmoidal complex Zygoma Maxilla Alveolar process
Orbit (bones)
Frontal Lacrimal Ethmoidal Zygomatic Maxillary Sphenoidal Palatine
Roof of orbit
Orbital plate of frontal bone
Lesser wing of sphenoid
rooFS
*Floor of orbit
Orbital plate of maxilla
Zygomatic bone
Orbital process of palatine bone
Maxilla
Zygomatic
Palatine
Floor MZP
Medial wall of orbit
Orbital plate of ethmoid
Lacrimal bone
Frontal process of maxilla
Body of sphenoid
Lateral wall or orbit
Frontal process of zygomatic
Greater wing of sphenoid
Strongest and thickest wall of orbit
Lateral wall
Apex of orbit transmits
Optic canal
CN II
Orbital margin
Frontal
Zygoma
Maxilla
Fracture of walls or floor of orbit
Blow out fracture
Opacification in upper maxillary sinus
represents periorbital fat and possibly an entrapped extraocular muscle in maxillary sinus on x ray
Tear drop sign
When patient tilts her head to left toward normal
the right eye does not deviate upward when normal left eye fixates
When patient tilts her head to right toward paralyzed muscle right eye deviates upward
Bielschowsky head tilt test
Parks three step test
Oculomotor nerve paralysis muscle affected
Levator palpebrae superioris
Down and out muscle
SO and LR
Low level type of fracture
Transverse Maxillary Fracture
Horizontal fracture through maxilla
Floating palate
Le Fort I
Guerin type
Separates maxilla from face
Fracture through frontal process of the maxilla
Through the orbital floor
Floating maxilla
Pyramidal fracture
Le Fort II
High level fracture
Facial bone, including zygomas are detached from anterior cranial base
Extends through the nasofrontal suture and frontozygomatic suture
Floating face
Craniofacial separation
Lefort III
Craniofacial dysjunction
Fracture of this plate is mandatory to diagnose Le Fort fracture
Pterygoid plate
Includes fracture:
Lateral orbital wall
Inferior orbital floor
Zygomatic arch
Zygomaticomaxillary complex
Tripod/Malar fracture
Most common part fractured in mandible
Weakest part
Condylar neck
Tripod fracture has 4 components
Orbital floor fracture
Fracture of lateral wall of maxillary antrum
Zygomatic arch
Widening of the zygomatico-frontal suture
Fracture of the condyle injures the
inferior alveolar nerve
Most commonly fractured bones of face
Nasal
Zygomatic
Mandible
eNZYme
unpaired facial bones
Vomer
Mandible
Most common site of epistaxis
Anterior epistaxis
Anteroinferior part of nasal septum
Kiesselbach plexus
Little area
Posterior epistaxis
Woodruf’s plexus
Kiesselbach plexus
Arterial anastomosis
Anterior ethmoidal artery
Sphenopalatine artery
Greater palatine artery
Septal branch of superior labial artery
GASS
Cavernous sinus contents
CN III, IV, V(1,2), VI
ICA
Infection in danger triangle of face may lead to
CST from facial vein thrombosis
Facial vein -> superior ophthalmic vein -> cavernous sinus
Cavernous sinus thrombosis
Mandibulofacial dysostosis
Treacher Collins syndrome
Prominent risorius in
Tetany
Horizontal wrinkle in forehead
Epicranius
Crow’s feet
Orbicularis occuli
Muscles of mastication
Temporalis
Internal medial pterygoid
Masseter
External lateral pterygoid
Opens the mouth
All other TIME muscles of mastication close the mouth except
Lateral pterygoid
Diplopia
Loss of sensation of skin of cheek and gum
Entrapment of inferior rectus limiting upward gaze
nerve affected?
Blow out fracture
infraorbital nerve
Patient unable to look at his shoulder due to paralysis of this muscle (and nerve)
Head may tilt to opposite side to minimize diplopia
Superior oblique
CN IV
CN III innervates muscles of the eye:
Levator palpebrae superioris
Sphincter pupillae
SR, IF, MR, IO
Contact between teeth
Relationship between maxillary (upper) and mandibular (lower) teeth when they approach each other as occurs during chewing or at rest.
Occlusion
Misalignment of teeth and jaws
Bad bite
Malocclusion
Unpaired of the 14 facial bones
Vomer
Mandible
Components of nasal septum
Vertical plate of ethmoid
Vomer
Septal cartilage
Masseter, Temporalis, Lateral pterygoid, Medial pterygoid innervation
Mandibular branch of V
All muscles of the tongue are innervated by CN XII except
Palatoglossus CN X