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Facial Bones
Question | Answer |
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How many facial bones are there? | 14 |
How many pairs of facial bones are there? | 6 |
Name the 2 single facial bones | Vomer and Mandible |
The two_____bones are the largest immovable bones in the face | maxillae or maxillary bones |
Which facial bone is larger than the maxillae? | the mandible |
Each maxillae consists of______________________ | a central body and 4 processes |
Name the processes of the maxillae | Frontal, Zygomatic and Alveolar. The fourth process is the palantine process which form the anterior portion of the roof of the mouth called the hard or bony palate. |
What is a cleft palate? | An opening between the palatine processes that is caused by the incomplete joining of the bones. This causes severe facial deformity in children and adults if surgery is not done. |
Each maxillae articulates with two facial bones. What are they? | Frontal and Ethmoid |
Which seven facial bones articulate with the maxillae? | zygomal, lacrimal, nasal, palatine, inferior nasal concha, vomer and adjacent maxilla. |
Which bone is located lateral to the zygomatic process of the maxillae? | the zygoma. |
What is the name of the union of the zygomatic process of the temporal bone and the slender process of the zygoma? | This is called the zygomatic arch which forms the cheekbone. |
Each zygoma articulates with 3 cranial bones and one facial bone. What are they? | Frontal, Sphenoid, and Temporal Facial bone is Maxilla |
What are the thinnest bones of the face? | The Right and Left nasal bones and the Lacrimal bones |
The junction of the two nasal bones with the frontal bone is called the ___________________ | nasion |
What does the lacrimal bone articulate with? | Two cranial (Frontal and Ethmoid) two facial (maxilla and inferior nasal concha |
What bones do the nasal bones articulate with? | Two cranial (Frontal and Ethmoid) Two facial (maxilla and adjacent nasal bone) |