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47 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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The foundation of the forehead is the …
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frontal bone.
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The frontal bone is … shaped.
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squamous
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The posterior edge of the frontal bone joints with the parietal bones at the…
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coronal suture.
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Medially the frontal bone is sutured to the upper ends of the…
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nasal bones.
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The frontal processes of the maxillae suture to the…
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frontal bone.
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Lateral to the nasal bones, the frontal bones arch over the orbits forming the…
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superior orbital margins.
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Each superior orbital margin is interrupted by a…
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supraorbital notch.
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Above each superior orbital margin is the…
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superciliary arch.
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The two superciliary arches are joined medially at the …
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glabella.
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The processes of the frontal and zygomatic bones form the …
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lateral orbital margin.
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The lower edges of the maxillae carry the…
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upper teeth.
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Small sockets for the roots of teeth are called the…
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alveoli.
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The edges of the lower maxillae are called…
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alveolar margins.
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Protruding from the base of the nasal cavity is the..
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anterior nasal spine.
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Lateral to the anterior nasal spine, each maxilla forms the lower part of the …
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anterior nasal aperture.
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Medially the nasal bones are jointed to…
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each other.
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Laterally the nasal bones are jointed to frontal processes of …
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maxillae.
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The superior edges of the nasal bones are jointed to the nasal processes of the frontal bone by the…
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frontonasal suture.
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The frontonasal suture is also known as the…
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metopic suture.
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There are … zygomatic bones.
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two
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Each zygomatic bone has … processes.
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three
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The three processes of the zygomatic bone are the…
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maxillary/temporal/frontal
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The maxillary process shares a large suture with the …
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maxillae.
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The frontal process is sutured to the zygomatic process of the…
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frontal bone.
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The temporal process passes posteriorly to joint with the zygomatic process of the temporal bone and form the…
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zygomatic arch.
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The mandible consists of two parts known as the…
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body and ramus.
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The body of the mandible contains the…
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lower teeth.
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At the midline, the body of the mandible presents the …
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mental eminence (chin).
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On either side of the mental eminence is a…
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mental foramen.
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Each orbit (eye socket) has four…
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orbital margins.
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The superior margin of the orbit is formed by the frontal bone and interrupted by the…
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supraorbital notch/foramen.
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The lateral margin of the orbit is formed by the zygomatic process of the frontal bone and the frontal process of the… laterally and the ... of the maxilla medially
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zygomatic bone/zygomatic process
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Each orbit has…(4)
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roof/floor/lateral and medial walls.
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At superior orbital margin the front bone turns inward to form the… of the orbit.
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roof
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The part of the front bone that forms the roof of the orbit is called the…
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orbital plate.
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The small triangular piece of bone pierced by the optic foramen.
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lesser wing of the sphenoid.
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The posterior half of the lateral wall of the orbit is made up by the…
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greater wing of the sphenoid.
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The gap between the greater and lesser wings of the sphenoid is called the…
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superior orbital fissure.
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The medial half of the orbital floor is formed by the…
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maxilla.
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The gap between the orbital floor and lateral wall is the…
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inferior orbital fissure.
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The opening of the nasal cavity is called the…
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anterior nasal aperture.
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The nasal aperture is divided by the…
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bony nasal septum.
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Superiorly the septum is composed of the…
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ethmoid.
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Inferiorly the septum is composed of the…
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vomer.
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Three delicate shell-like bones called the … … project from each lateral wall of the nasal cavity.
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nasal conchae.
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The inferior conchae is jointed to the…
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maxilla.
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The middle and superior conchae are jointed to the…
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ethmoid.
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