Splanchnocranium Flashcards
“the cheek bone” articulates with the cheek bone to form the zygomatic arch; frontal process, temporal process, maxillary process, inferior & lateral orbital margin
zygomatics
Joined in the saggittal plane, alveolar process, anterior nasal spine, frontal process & infraorbital foramen, valentine process, maxillary sinus
Maxillae
Largest of paranasal sinus, helps produce mucus and keeps nose from drying, opens into the middle meatus & drains medially (perspective of the sinus)
Maxillary Sinus
from the bridge of the nose, fused medially; the major structural portion consists of cartilage
nasals
the smallest bones of the face, forms part of medial orbital wall, posterior half lacrimal sulcus
lacrimals
aka turbiantes, projects a little medially from the lateral walls of the nasal cavity; helps to warm, humidity and filter air before it enters the lungs
inferior nasalconchae
located in nasal cavity, forms the inferior portion of the nasal septum, anteriorly it is continuous with the cartillaginous portion of the nasal septum, divides nasal cavity into right and left halves
vomer
posterior 1/3 of the hard palette, part of the floor and lateral wall of the nasal cavity, small portion of the orbital floor
Palatines
Rampus (ascending ramus), corpus (body/horizontal ramus), mandibular condyle, mental eminence (“the chin”), alveolar process, gonial angle (junction of ramus and bodu
Mandible
only bone that does not directly articulate with another bone. Provides an attachment for muscles of the tongue and the muscles that elevate the larynx when swallowing and talking, located between the mandible and the base of the larynx
Hyoid