Week 3 Notes

Question 1

Foremen magnum location

Answer 1

Large central opening that lies in the deepest region of the posterior cranial fossa

Question 2

Parotid glands

Answer 2

2 salivary glands that sit just in front of the ears on each side of the face

Question 3

Largest Paranasal sinus

Answer 3

Maxillary sinus

Question 4

External pterygoid

Answer 4

Is a muscle of mastication. It is above the medial pterygoid muscle

Question 5

Internal pterygoid

Answer 5

It is important in mastication. A quadrilateral muscle of the face

Question 6

Upright of mandible

Answer 6

Ramus

Question 7

Aprical foramen location
(Small opening of the apex)

Answer 7

At the roots very tip

Question 8

Mandible foramen

Answer 8

Inner side of the mandibular ramus

Question 9

1st phase of mastication

Answer 9

Opening phase (mouth is opened and the mandible is depressed

Question 10

Maxilla

Answer 10

Upper jaw

Question 11

Mandible

Answer 11

Lower jaw

Question 12

Temporal bone location

Answer 12

Side of the face (wedged at the base of the skull between the sphenoid and the occipital bones

Question 13

Lacrimal bone location

Answer 13

There are 2 lacrimal bones that are behind hidden in the nasal bone

Question 14

Enlarge or palpable lymph nodes

Answer 14

Small lumps that are soft and tender ( your body’s reaction to illness or infection )

Question 15

Orbicularis Oris

Answer 15

Multi-layered muscle which attaches to the upper and lower lip

Question 16

Strongest muscle of mastication

Answer 16

The masseter

Question 17

Movable none of the skull

Answer 17

The mandible

Question 18

Lingual frenum

Answer 18

Is a fold of mucous membrane connecting the ventral tongue to the floor of the mouth

Question 19

Purpose of saliva

Answer 19

For comfort, lubricates the mouth as you chew and swallow, and neutralizes harmful acids

Question 20

Sphenoid

Answer 20

Helps form the base and lateral side of the skull in combination with the orbital floor

Question 21

of bones in the skull

Answer 21

22

Question 22

of facial bones

Answer 22

14

Question 23

2 bones joined together

Answer 23

Tmj sutures

Question 24

Alveolar process

Answer 24

The thick ridge of bone in the jaw that holds the dental alveoli, or tooth socket

Question 25

Meniscus

Answer 25

C shaped rubbery cartilage that acts as a shock absorber

Question 26

Stenson duct location

Answer 26

Towards the back of the mouth upper cheek

Question 27

Whartons duct location

Answer 27

Floor of the mouth under the front of the tongue

Question 28

Bartholins duct location

Answer 28

Under the tongue

Question 29

of bones that protect the brain

Answer 29

8

Question 30

Frontal location

Answer 30

The front of the face at the top

Question 31

Bones form the cheeks

Answer 31

Zygomatic bone

Question 32

Bones form the back of the head

Answer 32

Occipital bone