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DAP 102
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Portion of the maxillary bones that form the support for teeth of the maxillary arch | Alveolar Process |
| Raised portion of the temporal bone just anterior to the glenoid fossa | Aritcular eminence |
| Regoin of the head that refers to structures closest to the inner check | Buccal |
| Large tissue projections on the tongue | Circumvallate lingual papillae |
| The posterior process of each ramus | Condyloid process |
| Line of articulation between the fromtal bone and parietal bones | Coronal suture |
| Eight bones that cover and protect the brain | cranium |
| Bony passage of the outer ear | external auditory meatus |
| A small round opening in a bone though wich blood vessels, nerves and ligaments pass | foramen |
| Large opening in the occipital bone that connects the vertical canal and the cranial cavity | foramen magnum |
| Wide, shallow depression on the lingual surfaces of anterior teeth | fossa |
| Region of the head pertaining to the forehead | Frontal |
| Process of the zygomatic bone that extends upward to articulate with the frontal bone at the outer edge of the orbit | frontal process |
| Area of the temporal bone where condyles of the mandible articulate with the skull | glenoid fossa |
| Nerve that serves the posterior hard palate and the posterior lingual gingiva | greater palitine nerve |
| hook-shaped process | hamulus |
| Region of the head below the ortibal region | infraoribital |
| the stronges and most obvious muscle of mastication | masseter |
| large, rounded area on the outer surface of the maxillary bones in the area of the posterior teeth | maxillary tuberosity |
| the external opening of the canal | meatus |
| region of the head pertaining to or located near the chin | mental |
| part of the mandible that forms the chin | mental protuberance |
| region of the head pertaining to or located near the mouth | oral |
| Duct associated with the parotid salivary gland, which opens into the oral cavity at the parotid papilla | parotid duct |
| A prominence or projection on a bone | process |
| The seperation of the mandible at the chin that occurs at birth | symphysis menti |
| Region of the head superior to the zygomatic arch | temporal |
| Process that articulates with the zygomatic process of the temporal bone to form the zygomatic arch, which creates the prominence of the check | Temporal process |
| Joint on each side of head that allows movement of the mandible | Temporomandibular joint |
| The nerve that is the primary source of innervation for the oral cavity | Trigeminal nerve |
| Region of the head pertaining to or located near the aygomatic bone | Zygomatic |
| The arch formed when the temporal process of the zygomatic bone articulates with the zygomatic process of the temporal bone | Zygomatic arch |
| The process of the maxillary bones that extends upward to articulate with the zygomatic bone | Zygomatic process |