Mod 1 Flashcards
The _______ bones are the largest immoveable bones of the face.
Maxilla
What bones do the maxillary bones articulate with?
Every facial bone except the mandible. And also the zygomatic bones.
The maxilla forms the _______ floor of the orbits.
lateral
How much of the roof of the mouth is made up of the maxillary bones?
3/4ths
What bone is the acanthion at on the skull?
Maxillary bones
What is at the point where the two mandible bones meet?
Mental (chin) protuberance
What is the largest and densest of the facial bones?
Mandible
When is the mandible ossified?
During the first year of life to fuse the halves at the mental protuberance.
Which process on the Maxillary bones articulates with the teeth?
Alveolar process
What is the part of the Maxillary bones called where the two meet?
Anterior nasal spine (acanthion)
The angle of the mandible is also called what?
Gonion
What is the nasal cavity responsible for?
Filtering airborne particles while it warms and humidifies the air going into the lungs.
What are the functions of sinuses?
Resonating chamber, decrease weight of skull, warm/moisten air, shock absorber, immune system
This sinus is usually developed by the 18th year.
Sphenoid
What were the maxillary sinuses once called?
Antrum of Highmore
