Surface Bones of the Face

Question 1

Cheek Bone
Slightly inferior and lateral to the outer corner of the eye
The greatest width of the anterior plane of the face is measured between the centers of both of these

Answer 1

Zygomatic bones

Question 2

2
Lies directly inferior to the glabella
Create a dome over the superior part of the nasal cavity
Its frontal and lateral surfaces widen as the descend

Answer 2

Nasal bones

Question 3

2 Creates the upper jaw

Articulate the medial line below the nasal cavity

Answer 3

Maxilla

Question 4

The small bony spur which projects at the base of the nasal cavity

Answer 4

Nasal Spine of the maxilla

Question 5

The most inferior part of the nose

Answer 5

Columna Nasi

Question 6

The thick spongy bone which projects from the lower surface of the maxilla and contains the sockets for the teeth

Answer 6

Alveolar Process

Question 7

1
Creates the lower jaw
Held in place by muscles and tendons
Horizontal portion of the jawbone
Horeshoe shaped

Answer 7

Mandible

Question 8

Vertical portion of the jawbone

Terminates superiorly in 2 processes, the coronoid process and the condyle

Answer 8

Ramus

Question 9

Lies anterior and has no influence on surface form

Answer 9

Coronoid process

Question 10

The rounded process which rests in the mandibular fossa in the temporal bone
Aids in ear restoration because it lies anterior to the ear passage

Answer 10

Condyle

Question 11

2
Where the ramus joins the inferior border of the body
Will greatly influence the geometric form of the head

Answer 11

Angle

Question 12

Degree of obtuseness at birth

Answer 12

175 degrees

Question 13

Degree of obtuseness at 4 years

Answer 13

140 degrees

Question 14

Degree of obtuseness as an adult

Answer 14

110-120 Degrees

Question 15

Degree of obtuseness in old age

Answer 15

140 degrees with loss of teeth and absorption of alveolar processes

Question 16

A triangular eminence of the chin

The base of the eminence is slightly concave but at each end is a prominent mental tubercle

Answer 16

Mental Eminence

Question 17

A depression of the lower jaw below 4 front incisor teeth

Is responsible for the recession at the center of the lower lip to the top of the chin

Answer 17

Incisive Fossa

Question 18

Projection of the jaws beyond the projection of the forehead

A condition in which the jaw projects anteriorly beyond the superior part of the face

Answer 18

Prognathism

Question 19

Sockets of the teeth are inclined

Answer 19

Alveolar Prognathism

Question 20

Oblique insertion of the teeth

Front teeth protrude

Answer 20

Dental Prognathism

Question 21

The base of the nasal cavity protrudes anormally

Answer 21

Infranasal Prognathism

Question 22

The inferior jaw protrudes

Answer 22

Mandibular Prognathism

Question 23

The superior jaw protrudes

Answer 23

Maxillary Prognathism