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Facial Bones and Facial Muscles

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the care of the deceased to recreate natural form and color   restorative art  
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anatomical study of the face and the features   physiognomy  
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natural, most common characteristic of a feature or anatomical part   norm  
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exception to the norm, anatomical oddity   anomaly  
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front of the body, in front of point of reference   anterior  
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toward the back of the body or point of reference   posterior  
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toward the head of the body, above a point of reference   superior  
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toward the feet, below a point of reference   inferior  
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toward the middle or midline   medial  
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away from the middle, on the side   lateral  
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on both sides   bilateral  
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jutting out of a part or structure in comparison with a background plane or another part of the structure   projection  
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the moving backward of a part in comparison to a foreground plane   recession  
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curving or bulging outward or forward   convex curvature  
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curving or sinking inward or backward from a foreground plane   concave curvature  
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the top or the bottom of a curved surface, where the direction changes   crest of a curvature  
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the state of being out of balance or alignment   asymmetry  
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structure purpose: to give support and shape to all anatomical features superior to it   Bone  
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typical shape of the skull   ovoid  
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the width of the skull is approximately _____ its length   2/3  
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name the 6 cranial bones   frontal, parietal (2), temporal (2), occipital  
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name the 7 facial bones   nasal (2), zygomatic (2), maxillary (2), mandible  
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most posterior and inferior of the cranial bones   occipital  
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occipital bone sep. from the parietal and temporal bones by the _____ suture   lambdoidal  
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located medially on the inferior surface of the occipital bone, spinal cord descends through this   foramen magnum  
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small eminence located medially and posterior to the foramen magnum   external occipital protuberance  
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bony ridge that extends bilaterally from the external occipital protuberance   superior nuchal crest  
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large eminences on either side of the foramen magnum, C1 fits into these   occipital condyles  
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bones located superior to the temporal and occipital bones and posterior to the frontal bone   parietal bones  
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suture that sep. the two parietal bones   midsagital suture  
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suture that seps. parietal bones from occipital   lambdoidal suture  
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suture that seps. temporal bones from parietals   squamosal suture  
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suture that seps. frontal bone from parietals   coronal suture  
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bump that marks the change in direction of the parietal bone   parietal eminence  
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widest part of the skull is measured between these landmarks   parietal eminences  
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bones inferior to the parietal bones and anterior to the occipital bone   temporal bones  
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suture that seps. occipital from temporal   lambdoidal  
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suture that seps. parietal and temporal   squamosal  
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anterior and superior part of the temporal bone, the thinnest bone of the skull   squama  
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tube-like opening on the temporal bone leads to inner ear   external auditory meatus  
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small socket-like depression anterior to ear passage on temporal bone   mandibular fossa  
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most posteroinferior part of the temporal bone, SCM muscle attaches here   mastoid process  
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widest part of the neck is measured at this landmark   mastoid processes  
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narrow ribbon-like landmark that touches zygomatic bone, originates on temporal bone   zygomatic arch  
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the widest part of the face as a whole is measured here   between zygomatic arches  
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most anterosuperior bone of the cranium   frontal  
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suture that seps. frontal bone from parietals   coronal  
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suture that seps. frontal bone from temporals   squamosal  
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rounded bumps on the frontal bone which mark the change in direction, hairline begins here   frontal eminences  
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comma-like bumps above the medial part of the eyebrow on the frontal bone   supercilliary arches  
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bony ridge behind the eyebrows on the frontal bone   supraorbital margin  
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small smooth elevation between the eyebrows, just above the nose on the frontal bone   glabella  
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vertical ridge on each side of of the vertical surface of the frontal bone   lines of the temple  
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the angle measured on the inside of the line of the temple measures   110 degrees  
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facial bones that lie directly inferior and obliquely anterior to the glabella   nasal bones  
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forms the superior portion of the nasal cavity   perpendicular plate of the ethmoid bone  
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forms the inferior portion of the nasal cavity   vomer bone  
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facial bones located inferior and lateral to orbital cavities   zygomatic bones  
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point where the front of the cheek changes direction, located inferolateral to the corner of the eye   prominences of the cheek  
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the widest part of the anterior plane of the face is measured between these facial landmarks   prominences of the cheek  
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a naturally reddened portion of the skin due to the concentration of capillaries-name an example   warm areas-prominences of the cheek  
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located inferior to the nasal cavity and lateral to the nasal cavity and the nasal bone   maxillary bones  
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forms the posterior part of the nasal septum at the midline   maxillary bone, nasal spine  
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tooth sockets, how many?   alveolar margin, 16  
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roof of the mouth, what bone?   palatine process, maxillary bone  
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most anterior and inferior bone of the skull   mandible  
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curved horizontal part of the mandible   body  
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the straight vertical portions of the mandible   ramus  
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projection of mandible at the midline, just above the base of the chin   mental eminence  
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depression of the mandible btw the mental eminence and the incisors   incisive fossa  
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angle formed by the joining of the ramus and the body of the mandible   angle of the mandible  
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range of the mandibular angle in prime of life? in old age?   110-120, old age: 140  
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knob-like end of ramus of mandible, fits into the mandibular fossa of the temporal bone   mandibular condyle  
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projection of the jaws or a part of the jaws beyond the upper part of the face   prognathism  
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the direction of the furrow of a muscle is always at a _____ angle to the striation of the muscle   right  
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the ability of a muscle to go back to its original position and to hold that position   muscle tone  
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stationary point of muscle attachment   origin  
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point of muscle attachment where the pull of the muscle is applied when the muscle contracts   insertion  
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what a muscle does   action  
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directional alignment of the fibers in a muscle, the grain   striation  
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area of muscle where bulk of volume is located   belly  
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connective tissue which attaches the muscle to another structure   tendon  
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a muscle which surrounds a natural body opening, purse string action   sphincter  
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fan shaped muscle, multiple origins to one point of insertion   radiating  
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muscles that reverse the action of each other   antagonistic  
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muscle that raises the eyebrows   occipito-frontalis  
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the muscle of surprise   occipito-frontalis  
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a tendon that covers the top of the skull and part of the sides of the skull   Gali Aponeurotica  
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muscle located on the temporal bone, the strongest chewing muscle   temporalis  
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muscle that forms the eyelids, allows us to blink   orbicularis oculi  
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crow's feet   optic facial sulci  
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muscle that draws the medial ends of the eyebrows together and down   corrigator  
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the frowning muscle   corrigator  
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deep line in the middle of the forehead when frowning   vertical intercilliary sulcus  
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muscle that raises the eyelid   levator palpabrae superioris  
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the ridge on the upper eyelid where eyelashes grow out of   tarsis  
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shallow wrinkles on the upper eyelids   linear sulci  
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helps the corrigator in frowning, draws medial ends of the eyebrows forward and down   procerus  
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shallow wrinkles across the root of the nose   transverse intercilliary sulci  
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right angle to the procerus muscle, aids in widening the nostrils   depressor nasalis  
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nasalis muscle   depressor nasalis  
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sphincter muscle which closes and protrudes the lips   orbicularis oris  
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vertical depression on the midline of lip, dividing into two irregular halves   philtrum  
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raises the upper lip and wing of the nose   levator labii superioris alaquae nasi  
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common elevator   levator labii superioris alaquae nasi  
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medial head of the quadratus   levator labii superioris alaquae nasi  
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main muscle that raises and moves the upper lip   levator labii superioris  
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intermediate head of the quadratus   levator labii superioris  
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raises the corner of the mouth superiorly and laterally   zygomaticus minor  
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smiling muscle   zygomaticus minor  
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lateral head of the quadratus   zygomaticus minor  
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lifts the corner of the mouth   levator anguli oris  
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snarling muscle   levator anguli oris  
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laughing muscle   zygomaticus major  
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deepest of the cheek muscles   buccinator  
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compresses the cheek   buccinator  
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bugler's/trumpeter's muscle   buccinator  
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intermediate of the cheek muscles   masseter  
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helps to raise the mandible for speech and chewing   masseter  
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most superficial of the cheek muscles   risorius  
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retracts the sides of the mouth bilaterally and exposes the teeth   risorius  
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grinner, grin-maker   risorius  
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pulls down the corner/angle of the mouth   depressor anguli oris  
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triangularis   depressor anguli oris  
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pulls lower lip downward, primary mover of the lower lip   depressor labii inferioris  
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raises and protrudes the lower lip, gives fullness to the chin   mentalis  
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place to perform the musculature suture for mouth closure   mentalis  
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shock and horror muscle   platysma  
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muscles that act together to rotate the head   sterno-cleido-mastoid  
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these two muscles form the cords of the neck in old age   digastricus and omo-hyoidius  
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abnormal upper jaw projection   maxillary prognathism  
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abnormal genetic projection of the body of the mandible-a werewolf look   mandibular prognathism  
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abnormal forward projection of the sockets and teeth   alveolar prognathism  
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buck teeth/overbite: teeth grow forward out of sockets too far forward   dental prognathism  
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abnormal forward projection of the upper jaw beneath the nose   infranasal prognathism  
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the widest part of the neck is measured   distance between SCM muscle at the mastoid processes  
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brown or black pigment of the skin   melanin  
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local and permanent concentration of melanin due to aging (two terms)   chloasma, liver spots  
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localized absence or permanent absence of melanin, gradual loss of color (two terms)   leukoderma, vitiligo  
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congenital absence of melanin   albinism  
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localized increase in dermal cells, a neoplasm (two terms)   nevus, mole  
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local and temporary concentration of melanocytes-freckles   lentigo  
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yellow pigment found in low levels of epidermis   carotene  
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pigment found in the blood of superficial capillaries   hematin  
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port wine stain due to benign blood tumor of the face   angioma  
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three basic facial profiles   convex, concave, vertical  
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most common facial profile   convex  
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facial profile in which the forehead recedes (curves back) from the eyebrow to the hairline and the chin recedes from the projection of the upper lip   convex  
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facial profile where forehead, upper lip, and chin all project to the same line   vertical  
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facial profile in which the forehead protrudes from eyebrow to hairline and the chin protrudes farther than the philtrum   concave  
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least common facial profile   concave  
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how many possible facial profiles?   9  
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how many variations of the facial profiles? name them.   6. convex-concave, convex-vertical, concave-convex, concave-vertical, vertical-concave, vertical-convex  
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how many geometric frontal shapes of the face   7  
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frontal face shape where the length is approximately the width (two terms)   round, infantine  
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frontal face shape where the width equals 2/3s length, most common   oval  
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frontal face shape where the length and width are equal (two terms)   square  
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frontal face shape, width is less than 2/3s length, long and narrow   oblong  
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frontal face shape, greatest width is at angles of mandible, least common   triangular  
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frontal face shape, widest between temples, flat forehead   inverted triangle  
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frontal face shape, greatest width across cheek bones, narrow forehead, narrow jaws   diamond  
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the division of the upper third of the face is between   hairline and upper border of the eyebrow  
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the division of the middle third of the face is between   upper border of the eyebrow to the base of the nose  
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the division of the lower third of the face is between   base of the nose and base of the chin  
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the superior 1/3 of the lower third of the face is between   base of nose to line of lip closure  
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the middle 1/3 of the lower third of the face is between   line of lip closure to labiomental sulcus  
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the inferior 1/3 of the lower third of the face is between   labiomental sulcus and base of the chin  
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the line of lip closure should lie _____ between the base of the nose and the top of the chin   halfway  
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all of the supplemental equalities equal ____ of the face   2/3  
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hairline to base of nose is equal to 3 things:   eyebrow to base of chin, tip of the nose to ear passage, ear passage to ear passage  
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face is ___ eyewidths wide from zygomatic arch to zygomatic arch   5  
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Old ways and why they didn't work   plaster of paris, clay, paraffin  
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didn't work because shrinks and discolors   plaster of paris  
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didn't work because nothing would stick to it   clay  
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didn't work because hard to stick and doesn't take cosmetics   paraffin  
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derma surgery, plastar surgery, demi surgery   old terms of R/A  
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less then 20 min, one step   minor r/a  
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more than 20 min, multiple steps   major r/a  
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oblique shape   inclination  
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muscle with ribbion like tendon   aponeurosis  
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levator labii superiris alaque nasi, levator labbii superious, zygomaticus minor, levator anguli orris   quadratis muscle  
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adipose, glands, deep fascia(connective tissue), superficial fascia   4 types of tissue  
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thinest tissues over the   eyelid  
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made up of caralidge, and ceruminous glands   ear  
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farthest distance between skin and bone   cheek  
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cell producing melainin   melanocytes  
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blood vessles, nurves, deep, sebacious glands, and sudoriforus glands   dermis  
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superficial, protects from dehydration, contains melanocytes   epidermis  
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aging, exposure to uv light, climate or weather, heredity   factors affecting age  
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normal/natural light   best lighting for photo  
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direct light   not best  
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flat lighting   close intense flash- wash out  
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comparision of 2 sides of face/features to observe and note similarites/differences   bilateral view  
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standard by which we measure human appearance-basis for comparison, by greeks   canon of beauty  
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any bertical measurement   length  
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any horizontal measurement   width  
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vertical measurment of a part of a feature within a greater verical measurement   height  
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apex to base of chin   head  
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7.5 to 8 times head hight   body height  
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head shape   oval  
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hairline to base of nose, eyebrow to base of chin, tip of nose to ear passage, ear passage to ear passage straight through head   all 2/3 of face known as supplemental equalities  
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1/2 between vertex of cranium and base of chin   line of eye closure  
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best portate view   3/4 view  
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photo age   6months  
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any area or surface of face lying at a right angle to source of illumination which relfects max amount of light   highlight  
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any part not at right angle away from light   shaddow  
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