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Facial Bones
7.2--Skull; Facial Bones
Term | Definition |
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NASAL BONES | SMALL, FLATTEEND, RECTANGULAR SHAPED BONS THAT FORM BRIDGE OF NOSE |
LACRIMAL BONES | PAIRED; FINGERNAIL IN SIZE; POSTERIOR AND LATERAL TO NASAL BONES AND FOR PART OF MEDIAL WALL OF EACH ORBIT; UPPER WALL OF NASAL CAVITY |
PALATINE BONES | ROOF OF THE MOUTH |
HORIZONTAL PLATES | FORMS HARD PLATE -- WHICH SEPARATES NASAL CAVITY FROM ORAL (ROOF OF MOUTH) |
INFERIOR NASAL CONCHAE | INFERIOR TO MIDDLE AND SUPERIOR NASAL CONCHAE OF ETHMOID |
VOMER | TRIANGULAR BONE ON FLOOR OF NASAL CAVITY THAT ARTICULATES WITH PERPENDICULAR PLATE OF ETHMOID BONE AND INFERIOR SURFACE OF BODY OF SPHENOID. FORMS INFERIOR PORTION OF BONY NASAL SEPTUM |
MAXILLAE | UPPER JAW BONE; ARTICULATE WITH EVERY BONE IN THE FACE, BUT MANDIBLE. FLOORS OF ORBITS + ROOF OF MOUTH WITH PALATINE PROCESSES |
MAXILLARY SINUS | SINUS |
ALVEOLAR PROCESS | ALVEOLI FOR MAXILLARY TEETH |
PALATINE PROCESS | PROJECTION OF MAXILLA THAT FORMS ANTERIOR THREE QUARTERS OF HARD PLATE |
INFRAORBITAL FORAMEN | ANTERIOR VIEW OF SKULL; GOES TO ORBIT |
INCISIVE FORAMEN | POSTERIOR TO INCISOR TEETH |
INFERIOR ORBITAL FISSURE | LOCATED BETWEEN GREATER WING OF SPHENOID AND POSTERIOR ASPECT OF MAXILLA |
ZYGOMATIC BONES | CHEEK BONES; ARTICULATE WITH FRONTAL MAXILLA SPHENOID AND TEMPORAL BONES |
TEMPORAL PROCESS | ARTICULATES WITH ZYGOMATIC PROCESS = ZYGOMATIC ARCH |
ZYGOMATICOFACIAL FORAMEN | LOCATED NEAR THE CENTER OF THE ZYGOMATIC BONE; NERVE AND VESSEL PASSAGE |
MANDIBLE | LOWER JAWBONE; ARCH SHAPED. MOVABLE |
BODY | CURVED, HORIZONTAL PORTION |
RAMI (RAMUS, SING) | PERPENDICULAR PORTIONS |
CONYLAR PROCESS | ARTICULATES WITH MANDIBULAR FOSSA AND ARTICULAR TUBERCLE OF TEMPORAL BONE = TEMPROMANDIBULAR JOINT |
CORONOID PROCESS | MANDIBULAR NOTCH |
ALVEOLAR PROCESS | RIDGE-LIKE ARCH CONTAINING ALVEOLI (FOR MANDIBULAR TEETCH) |
MENTAL FORAMEN | INFERIOR TO SECOND PREMOLAR TOOTH |
MANDIBULAR FORAMEN | MEDIAL SURFACE OF EACH RAMUS; BEGINS MANDIBULAR CANAL |