Quiz 1 Flashcards
The diamond-shaped bones forming the cheekbone
Zygomatic bones
The eminence between the eyebrows
Glabella
The horseshoe-shaped portion of the lower jaw
Body of the mandible
The bony structure creating the widest part of the face
Zygomatic arch
The ascending portion of the mandible
Ramus
The triangular projection on the midline or the inferior portion of the chin
Mental eminence
A projection of the jaws beyond the upper part of the face
Prognathism
The anterior third of the cranium that creates parts of the eye socket
Frontal bone
The rounded eminence at the articulating end of the mandible
Condyle
The base of the cranium
Occipital bone
The large opening in the base of the occipital bone
Foramen magnum
The upper jaw
Maxilla
The bony ridges on the surfaces of the maxilla and mandible containing the sockets for the teeth
Alveolar process
The anterior non-articulating process of the ramus
Coronoid process
A bone of the nasal cavity
Vomer
