Normal Anatomic Landmarks Flashcards
Cortical bone
aka compact bone
cortical = outer layer
radiopaque
ex// inferior border of mandible
Cancellous bone
-soft sponge bone located between two layers of dense cortical bone
-lattice like arrangement (composed of bony trabuculae)
-radiopaque
Which type of bone appears more radiolucent, mand or max?
mand
Prominences of bone
radiopaque
-process
-ridge (linear)
-spine (sharp thorn like)
-tubercle (small bump or nodule of bone)
-tuberosity
Spaces and depression in the bone
radiolucent
-canal (tube like passage w blood, nerves)
-foramen (hole/opening in bone)
-fossa (broad shallow depression)
-sinus (hollow space or cavity)
Suture
radiolucent thin line
immovable joint representing union between adjoining bones of the skull
Septum
radiopaque
bony wall or partition separating two spaces or cavities
ex// nasal septum
Floor of nasal cavity
radiopaque
bony wall at base of cavity formed by dense cortical bone
Anterior nasal spine
radiopaque v shape
sharp projection of maxilla at anterior and inferior part of nasal cavity
Inferior nasal conchae
radiopaque
wafer thin curved plates extending from lateral walls of nasal cavity
conchae means shell shaped
Inverted “Y”
radiopaque
dense cortical bone at intersection of wall of mx sinus and wall of nasal cavity
Incisive foramen
radiolucent
aka nasopalatine foramen, small round opening between roots of mx centrals, posterior to the teeth
Superior foramina of incisive canal
2 round radiolucent above apices of mx centrals
tiny holes on floor of nasal cavity, nasopalatine nerves enter through here
Nasal cavity/ Nasal fossa
radiolucent
pear shaped compartment of bone located superior to maxilla
Median palatine suture
radiolucent
immovable joint between 2 halves of the maxilla, extending from alveolar bone between centrals to posterior hard palate
Lateral fossa / Canine fossa
radiolucent
smooth depressed area of maxilla between canine and laterals
Maxillary sinus cavities
radiolucent
paired compartments of bone located within maxilla above mx premolars and molars
Floor of maxillary sinus
radiopaque
composed of dense cortical bone
Septa of maxillary sinus
radiopaque lines
plural or septum
bony walls dividing maxillary sinus into compartments