Orange Sheet Flashcards
T/F
Crista galli is part of the ethmoid bone
True
T/F
Suture line between sphenoid and occipital bones disappear when child reaches puberty
True
T/F
Squamosal suture is an overlapping suture instead of a perpendicular joining of bones
True
T/F
Coronoid process is involved in the TMJ articulation
False
T/F
Cribriform plate is the passageway for olfactory nerves from the nasal cavity to the brain
True
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Another name for mental spines is the interior nasal spine
False
T/F
The mandibular fossa is between the condyle and the coronoid process
False
T/F
The mental foramen is found on the mandible, not the maxilla
True
T/F
Alveolar eminences are most prominent on anterior teeth
True
T/F
The digastric fossa of the mandible can be seen laterally
False
Occipital bone is paired or not paired?
Not paired
The maxilla consists of a body and ___ processes
4
Lateral border of nasal cavity is formed by
A) lacrimal. B) maxillary sinus
C) inferior nasal conchae. D) vomer
E) none of the above
None of the above
Midline that shows fusion of hard palate is
Median palatine suture
Genial tubercles are located
On the internal anterior portion of the mandible
Another name for the cheek bone is
Zygomatic bone
Vertical portion of the mandible
Ramus
Structure composed of vomer and perpendicular plate of the ethmoid bone
Vertical nasal septum
24 bones that make up the skull. 14 bones make up the bones of the face.
First is false
Second is true
Bulging area of bone behind the 3rd molar
Maxillary tuberosity
Temporal fossa is made up of
Frontal, parietal, sphenoid, zygomatic
Mandibular foramen is located
Medial ramus
Frontal lobe of the brain is within the
Anterior cranial fossa
4 cranial bones
Frontal
Occipital
Ethmoid
Temporal
Opening in the sphenoid bone at the base of the skull
Foramen ovale
Anterior border of the external ramus ends in the mylohyoid line. It’s often identified on radiographs as a thin radiolucent line
Both are false
___ bone and the mandible form the TMJ articulation
Temporal
Structure immediately inferior to the vomer
Hard palate
____ is perpendicular to the median palatine suture
Transverse palatine suture
2 salivary glands are located within ___ in the medial body of the mandible
Fossae
Not a structure of the hard palate
Maxillary tuberosity
Suture at the top of the skull that marks the fusion of the parietal bones
Sagittal
T/F
Lateral margin of the external nose is known as an ala
True
T/F
The respiratory epithelium in the nasal cavity has nerve fibers that can perceive odors
False
T/F
There are 4 pairs of paranasal sinuses
True
T/F
Vomer and with mood form the main part of the nasal septum
True
T/F
The maxillae and the ethmoid form the floor of the nasal cavity
False
T/F
Middle ethmoid sinuses are located in the meatus of the superior nasal concha
False
T/F
The maxillary sinuses are the largest paranasal sinuses
True
T/F
Sinuses play important role in warming the air that flows into the respiratory system
False
T/F
Pituitary fossa is located above the sphenoid sinuses
True
T/F
A maxillary sinus can have more than one opening
True
Most posterior-superior part of nasal cavity
Where the ethmoid meets the sphenoid bone
Area underneath each concha
Meatus
Lateral walls of nasal cavity are formed by the ___, ___, & ____ concha
Inferior, middle, superior
Sinuses subdivided into numerous small compartments
Ethmoid
The ___ ethmoid sinuses are located within the ethmoid bulla
Middle
Doesn’t have a role in trapping contaminants that enter the nasal cavity
Olfactory epithelium
Under normal circumstances, sinuses are filled with
Air
Thin bone that lies between the maxillary molars and the ___ is sometimes perforated during dental surgery
Maxillary sinus
The deeper sinuses, particularly the ethmoid, are lost commonly involved in sinus infections. A new opening can be surgically created to assist with proper drainage.
First is false
Second is true
Pain over the eye is most likely caused by infection of the ___ sinus
Frontal
Crescent-shaped groove within the middle nasal concha
Hiatus semilunaris
Cilia are hair-like projections on the epithelium in the ____ part of the Nasal cavity
Anterior
Posterior
Midline
Lateral wall
Sinus that drains into the anterior part of the hiatus semilunaris
Frontal
In a young adult, the maxillary sinus generally lies between the maxillary canine and the ___
Premolars and First molar
The nasolacrimal duct produces tears. These tears are carried into the nasal cavity.
First is false
Second is true
Opening of maxillary sinus is located
Two- thirds upward toward the medial wall
Which might not interfere with the floor of the maxillary sinus during the extraction of a maxillary molar?
A Microdont molar
Patient who repeatedly presents with sinus infections should be referred to a
Ear, nose, and throat specialist
