Skull-Part 1 Flashcards
How many bones are in the skull?
22
How many crainial bones are there? What are they?
8
Ethmoid
Frontal
Occipital
Parietal (x2)
Sphenoid
Temporal (x2)
How many facial bones are there? What are they?
14
Inferior Nasal Conchae (x2)
Lacrimal (x2)
Mandible
Maxilla (x2)
Nasal (x2)
Palatine Bone (x2)
Vomer
Zygomatic Bones (x2)
What is the Largest facial bone
Mandible
What are the two portions of the Mandible?
Horizontal and vertical portions
What is the angle of the Mandible created by? What is another term for angle?
Angle created by the junction of two portions (horizontal and vertical) is termed the gonion
What part of the mandible contains the alveolar processes?
The curved horizontal portion contains alveolar processes that receive the roots of the teeth of the lower jaw.
What is another name for the horizontal portion of the mandible?
The body
Where do the mental foramina extend through?
Through the body of the mandible
What does the mental foramina allow passage for?
Allows passage of the mental artery and nerve.
What is the vertical portion of the mandible called?
Is called the ramus
What are the 2 processes of the ramus? Where are these processes located?
-coronoid process & condyloid process (condyle)
-At superior portion
What are the processes of the ramus separated by?
Separated by a concave surface called the mandibular notch.
What is the coronoid process an attachment site for?
Attachment site for the temporalis and masseter muscles
What does the condyloid process articulate with?
The mandibular fossa of the temporal bone
What does the articulation of the condyloid process and the mandibular fossa of the temporal bone form?
Forms the temporomandibular joint (TMJ).
T/F
The masseter muscle is a facial muscle that plays a major role in the chewing of solid foods.
True
What is the shape of the masseter muscle?
The muscle is shaped like a parallelogram
What does the masseter muscle connect?
Connects the mandible and the cheekbone (zygomatic arch).
What is the largest immovable facial bone?
Maxilla
Where do the Maxillary bones fuse?
At the midline
What does the anterior fusion of the maxillary bone form?
Forms a pointed process termed the anterior nasal spine (acanthion)
What is the opening in the anterior aspect of the maxilla called? What structures does it transmit?
Called the infraorbital foramen – transmits the infraorbital nerve and blood vessels.
What forms the upper part of the mouth and the anterior ¾ of the hard palate?
Pair of maxillary bones
What bones does the maxilla articulate with?
Articulates with every bone in the face except the mandible.
What term is this describing?
Pocket of air lined by epithelium that produces mucosal secretions, which drain into the nasal cavity via the middle meatus of the lateral nasal wall.
The Sinus
T/F
Palatine process forms the roof the mouth
True
What makes up the hard palate?
palatine + palatine process of maxilla
What is the Posterior ¼ of the hard palate made of?
Made up of the horizontal process of the palatine bone
How many sets of palatine bones are there?
2 sets of palatine bone
What is the shape of the palatine bones?
L shaped
Where are the palatine bones located?
Located in the posterior aspect of the nasal cavity between the maxilla and the pterygoid process of the sphenoid
What are the two portions of the palatine bones?
Horizontal + Perpendicular portions
Where does the horizontal portion off the palatine bone join with the palatine process? What does it form?
Horizontal portions joins anteriorly with the palatine process of the maxilla to form the hard palate
What bone contributes to part of the lateral wall of the nasal cavity?
The vertical portion of the palatine bone
T/F
The vertical portion forms part of the lateral wall of the orbit
False; The vertical portion forms part of the MEDIAL wall of the orbit
T/F
The zygoma articulates with the maxilla
True
What structure runs anteriorly to the zygoma?
maxillary process
What does the frontal process of the zygoma extend towards?
Towards the frontal bone
T/F
The maxillary process extends anteriorly
True
The zygomatic process of the maxilla and the maxillary process do not connect
False; The maxillary process extends anteriorly to connect with the zygomatic process of the maxilla
What forms the zygomatic arch?
anteriorly, by the temporal process of the zygomatic bone; - posteriorly, by the zygomatic process of the temporal bone
What does the nasal septum divide the nasal cavity into?
Midline structure that divides the nasal cavity into right and left nostril
What makes up the nasal septum?
Perpendicular plate of the ethmoid bone and vomer and the nasal cartilage (3)
What forms the floor of the nasal cavity?
The maxilla and the palatine bone forms the floor of the nasal cavity
T/F
The vomer contributes to the medial wall of the nasal cavity
True
T/F
Nasal bones articulate with the frontal bone
True
What are the nasal bones made of?
Made up of the nasal cartilage, vomer and perpendicular plate of ethmoid
What bone is the smallest of the cranial bones?
Ethmoid
Where is the Ethmoid bone located within the cranial fossa?
Located in the anterior cranial fossa
What are the sections of the Ethmoid?
Horizontal + vertical + 2 lateral masses
What is the Horizontal portion of the Ethmoid known as?
Cribriform plate