Axial Skeleton - Facial Bones (Bone Markings)

Front 1

Zygomatic (malar) bone markings

Back 1

Temporal process

Front 2

Zygomatic (malar)

 

Back 2

Temporal process (Fuses w/ the zygomatic process of the temporal bone to form the "zygomatic arch")

Front 3

Palatine Bone Markings

Back 3

1) Horizontal plate

2) Orbital process

Front 4

Palatine

(Posterior)

Back 4

Horizontal plate

Front 5

Palatine (Posterior)

Back 5

Orbital process

Front 6

Maxilla Bone Markings

Back 6

1) Incisive foramen

2) Maxillary sinus

3) Alveolar margin containing alveoli and alveolar process

 

4) Palatine process

5) Frontal processes

 

Front 7

Maxillary

(Lateral)

Back 7

Maxillary Sinus or Antrum of Highmore

Front 8

Maxilla (Inferior)

Back 8

Incisive foramen

Front 9

Maxilla (Inferior)

Back 9

Palatine process

Front 10

Maxilla (Medial)

Back 10

Frontal process

Front 11

Back 11

Alveolar margin containing alveoli (tooth sacs) and alveolar process

Front 12

Infraorbital Foramen [Maxilla]

(Nerves/vessels?)

Back 12

1) Cranial Nerve #5 - Trigeminal

2) Maxillary Branch

Front 13

Mandible Bone Markings

Back 13

1) Coronoid process

2) Condylar processes or Mandibular condyles

3) Ramus

4) Angle

5) Mental Foramen

 

 

6) Body

7) Alveolar margin containing alveoli and alveolar process

 

Front 14

Mandible (Lateral)

Back 14

Angle

Front 15

Mandible (Anterior)

Back 15

Condylar processes or Mandibular condyles

Front 16

Mandible (Anterior)

Back 16

Mental Foramen

Front 17

Mandible (Anterior)

Back 17

Ramus

Front 18

Mandible (Anterior)

Back 18

Body

Front 19

Mandible (Lateral)

Back 19

Coronoid processes

Front 20

Mandible (Anterior)

Back 20

Alveolar Margin containg alveoli (tooth sacs) and alveolar process

Front 21

Mandibular foramen

(Nerves/vessels?)

 

Back 21

1) Cranial Nerve #5 - Trigeminal

2) Mandibular Branch