oct 18 Flashcards
U shaped bone that forms the skeleton of the lower jaw and inferior face
mandible
protuberance of the frontal bone of the skull where the eyebrows are found
superciliary arch
smooth part of the forehead above and between the eyebrows
glabella
the roof of the eye sockets formed by the frontal bone
orbital surface
bones of the skull that houses the structures related to hearing and balance
temporal bones
cavity within the temporal bone which houses the 3 ossicles
tympanic cavity
the bones of the middle ear
ossicles
name the 3 ossicles
malleus, incus, stapes
wedge shaped bone anterior to the temporal bones
sphenoid
structure of the mandible, pointed tooth of bone overlapping the mandibular foramen
lingula
structure of the mandible, passage of inferior alveolar nerve, nerves that innervate teeth
mental foramen
structure of the mandible, bump in the middle of the chin where sutures meet
mental protuberance
structure of the mandible, opening of mandibular canal
mandibular foramen
structure of the mandible, passage through jaw between mandibular and mental foramens
mandibular canal
structure of the mandible, on posterior side of haw and each side of midsagittal plane
digastric fossa