PreTest Flashcards
Three bones make up the hard palate or roof of the mouth they are:
premaxilla, maxilla, palatine bone
The midline protrusion at the most posterior aspect of the hard palate is called
posterior nasal spine
The muscle responsible for elevation of the soft palate is
levator veli palatini
The muscles responsible for lowering the soft palate are called
palatoglossus, palatopharyngeus
The only intrinsic muscle of the soft palate, located at midline in the posterior aspect of the soft palate is called
musculus uvulae
The three muscles that encircle the pharynx and contract to squeeze the pharynx are called
constrictors (superior, middle, inferior)
Which two cranial nerves are primarily responsible for velopharyngeal function
IX Glossopharyngeal (9), X Vagus (10)
The tube connection the middle ear and the pharynx is called
Eustachian tube (E is capital)
The muscle responsible for opening Eustachian tube is called the
tensor veli palatini
The anatomic term for the bony upper jaw is
maxilla
The anatomic term for the bony lower jaw is
mandible
The horizontal part of that lower jaw bone is called
the body
The vertical aspects of that lower jaw bone are called
rami, ramus
at the top of that lower jaw bones vertical aspect is a u-shaped notch. the anterior process of the u-shape is called the ___ process, and the posterior process is called the ___ which has a rounded head.
coronoid, condyle
the bone that comprises the cheek bone and the lateral wall of the orbit is
zygoma
the bone that makes up the primary division between the two sides of the nose is called the
vomer
The bone that makes up most of the forehead is called the
frontal