Facial Bones

Question 1

How many facial bones are there?

Answer 1

14

Question 2

What does the mandible bone consist of?

Answer 2

Mandibular body and two arms called the mandibular rami

Question 3

What is the inferior alveolar margin?

Answer 3

Border that the 16 lower teeth are connected to

Question 4

What is the mental foramen?

Answer 4

Small hole on lateral side of mandibular body

Question 5

What is the mandibular angle?

Answer 5

The point where the mandibular rami turn superiorly

Question 6

What are the two processes at the superior ends of the mandibular body?

Answer 6

• Coronoid process
• Mandibular condyle

Question 7

What does the mandibular condyle fit into?

Answer 7

Mandibular fossa of temporal bone to form the temporomandibular joint

Question 8

What are the maxillae bones?

Answer 8

Two fused bones that are the upper jaw

Question 9

What does the maxillae form?

Answer 9

• Inferior wall of the orbit
• Lateral wall of nasal cavity
• Superior wall of oral cavity

Question 10

What is the inferior orbital fissure?

Answer 10

Slit inside the orbit where the maxilla meets the sphenoid bone

Question 11

What is the infraorbital foramen?

Answer 11

Passage for a cranial nerve located inferior to the orbit

Question 12

What do the palatine processes form?

Answer 12

Anterior ⅔ of the hard palate

Question 13

What is the hard palate?

Answer 13

Border between the nasal and oral cavities and contains maxillary sinuses

Question 14

What are the zygomatic processes?

Answer 14

Cheekbones

Question 15

Where is the frontal process of the maxilla located?

Answer 15

Between the nasal and lacrimal bones

Question 16

What is the superior alveolar margin?

Answer 16

16 upper teeth are attached

Question 17

What are the lacrimal bones?

Answer 17

Two smallest bones in the skull

Question 18

What structure does
the lacrimal bones form?

Answer 18

Part of the structure that drains tears produced by the lacrimal gland

Question 19

What is the lacrimal fossa?

Answer 19

Indentation in the lacrimal bones

Question 20

What lies posterior to the lacrimal bone?

Answer 20

Ethmoid bone’s lateral mass

Question 21

What do the nasal bones form?

Answer 21

Anterior framework of the bridge of the nose

Question 22

What do the nasal bones connect laterally to?

Answer 22

Frontal process of maxillae bones

Question 23

What is the vomer bone?

Answer 23

Thin, flat bone that forms the inferior portion of the bony nasal septum

Question 24

Where does the vomer attach inferiorly?

Answer 24

Perpendicular plate of the ethmoid bone

Question 25

Inferior nasal conchae bones are a pa..

Answer 25

Pair of small shell-like bones that forms the lateral walls of the nasal cavity

Question 26

Where do the inferior nasal conchae bones articulate?

Answer 26

Between the two pterygoid plates of the sphenoid bone

Question 27

What do the palatine bones form?

Answer 27

Posterior part of the hard palate

Question 28

What do the palatine bones contribute to?

Answer 28

Posterolateral walls of the nasal cavity

Question 29

What are the zygomatic bones?

Answer 29

Two diamond-shaped bones forming the cheek

Question 30

What is zygomatic arch?

Answer 30

The structure formed by zygomatic bones

Question 31

What does the frontal process of the zygomatic bone articulate with?

Answer 31

Frontal bone

Question 32

What does the temporal process of the zygomatic bone articulate with?

Answer 32

Temporal bone

Question 33

What does the maxillary process of the zygomatic bone articulate with?

Answer 33

Maxillary bone