Skull - Facial Bones (14) Flashcards

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Nasal Bone (2)

Paired bone
Bridge of nose

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Maxilla

-paired, irregular shaped bone
-left and right maxilla unite to form upper jaw
-pockets for teeth
-maxillary air sinus on each side
-Forms part of floor of orbit and anterior part of hard palate

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Zygomatic Bone (2)

-paired, irregular shaped bone
-“cheek bone”
-temporal process contributes to zygomatic arch

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Infraorbital foramen

Landmark of Maxilla (2)

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Mandible

“Lower Jaw”
Mental protuberance forms point of chin

Landmarks:
1. Angle
2. Mental foramen

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Mental Foramen

Transmits mental nerve, artery, and vein

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Lacrimal Bone (2)

Location:
Orbit (anterior & lateral)
Nasal cavity (lateral wall)

Smallest most delicate bone of skull

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Palatine (2)

Plates fused medially

Forms:
1. posterior portion of hard palate,
2. small part of the nasal cavity
4. part of the orbit

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Inferior Nasal concha(2)

Small, curved, bony plates found on lateral walls of each nasal cavity

Warms, filters, humidifies inhaled air
Improved airflow through nasal cavity

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Vomer

Posterior & inferior of nasal septum

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Angles of mandible

Two corners found along posterinferior aspects of both the right and left rami of the mandible

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