Orbit Bones (7) Flashcards
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Frontal Bone
Unpaired, irregular shaped, flat bone
Forms forehead
2
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Sphenoid
Bat shaped
Greater and lesser wings
Landmark: sella turcica
3
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Zygomatic bone
“Cheek bone”
Forms part of floor and lateral wall of orbit
4
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Maxilla (2)
Left & right maxillae unite to form “upper jaw”
-sockets for teeth
-maxillary air sinus on both sides
5
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Palatine (2)
Forms posterior portion of hard palate
6
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Lacrimal (2)
Smallest most delicate bone of skull
-Nasal surface contributes to middle nasal concha
7
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Ethmoid
In nasal cavity
Landmarks:
Crista galli, cribiform plate, perpendicular plate