Xray Flashcards
Spatial Resolution
The sharpness of the structural edges recorded in the image
The skull consists of _________ bones?
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The skull is divided into ______ and the __________?
Cranium, facial bones
What is the landmark that is located on the frontal bone between the eyebrows called?
Glabella
On either side of the glabella, the frontal bone forms the superior portions of the?
Orbits
What is the large round hole in the anterior portion of the occipital bone called?
Foramen magnum
What is the opening to the ear canal and an important positioning landmark?
External auditory means (aka external acoustic meatus)
What are the palpable bones of the face?
Maxilla
Mandible
Zygomas
What is the point located at the junction of the nose and the upper lip and is a positioning landmark?
Acanthion
What can be palpation as the prominence of the cheek?
Zygoma
What is the only moveable bone of the face?
Mandible
What is the prominence in the center of the lower margin of the mandible and is a common positioning landmark
Mental protuberance or mental point
What is the right angle formed by the contour of the inferior posterior ramus and is a common positioning landmark?
Gonion
The mandible condyle articulates with the mandibular fossa of the temporal bone for the?
Temporomandibular joint
What are thin, curved bony projections that divide the nasal cavity, forming the air passages lined with mucous membrane?
Nasal conchae
