Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
14 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
(IA) Anteriorly the maxillary teeth are bound by the …
|
hard palate.
|
|
|
(IA) The anterior three fourths of the hard palate are formed by the palatine processes of the two…
|
maxillae.
|
|
|
(IA) The posterior one fourth of the hard palate is formed by the processes of the two…
|
palatine bones.
|
|
|
(IA) The opening in the palate posterior to the incisors is called the…
|
incisive foramen.
|
|
|
(IA) The paired openings on the posterolateral parts of the palate are the…
|
greater and lesser palatine foramina.
|
|
|
Superior to the edge of the hard palate are two large openings called...
|
posterior nasal apertures. (choanae)
|
|
|
posterior nasal aperture:
|
anterior nasal aperture
|
|
|
The choanae are seprated by the...
|
vomer.
|
|
|
Superiorly the vomer flares out into a small block of bone, the undersurface of the...
|
body of the sphenoid.
|
|
|
Laterally the choanae are flanked by the medial and lateral...
|
pterygoid laminae
|
|
|
At the base of the lateral lamina is an oval hole called the...
|
foramen ovale
|
|
|
Posterolateral to the foramen ovale is a smaller hole called the...
|
foramen spinosum (spine hole)
|
|
|
The foramen spinosum gets its name from the small, sharp projection beside it called the...
|
spine of the sphenoid.
|
|
|
The block of bone lateral to the pterygoid processes is the undersurface of the...
|
greater wing of the sphenoid.
|
