Bones of the Cranium | Bones of the Face | Bones of the face continued | Parts of the Mandible | Muscles of the Head and Neck |
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What is the bone that forms the forehead?
Frontal Bone
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What is the single bone on the inside of the nasal cavity?
vomer
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What is the bone that forms the cheek?
Zygomatic bone
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What is formed from the condyle articulating with the temporal bone?
temporomandibular joint (TMJ)
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What is the strongest muscle of mastication?
Masseter
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What is the opening for the ear?
External auditory meatus
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What is bones for the tear duct?
Lacrimal bones
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What is a rounded area just beyond the last posterior maxillary tooth?
Maxillary tuberosity
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What is the area where the ramus meets the body of the mandible?
angle of the mandible
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What is the muscles of mastication?
Temporal muscle, masseter muscle, pterygoid muscles, and external pterygoid muscle.
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What is the bone that forms the cack and base of the skull?
Occipital bone
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What is the only movable bone in the face?
mandible
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What is the bones joined at the midline, often referred to as the median palatine suture?
Palatine bones
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What is the triangular area located behind the last molars?
retromolar area
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What is the muscles of facial expression?
orbicularis oris, buccinator, mentalis, and zygomatic major
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What is the bone that comes in a pair that forms most of the roof of the skull and the upper halves?
Parietal bone
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What is the largest facial bone?
Maxilla
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What is an opening for the nasopalatine nerve located just behind the maxillary central incisors?
incisive foramen
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What is the foramen that is on the internal surface at the center of the mandible?
lingual foramen
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What is the VII cranial nerve or facial nerve?
the muscles of the face are innervated by this
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What is a single continuous bone, shaped like a bat with its wings spread?
Sphenoid bone
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What is the bone that supports the maxillary and mandibular teeth?
Alveolar process
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What is the posterior projection located on the rami of the mandible?
condyle
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What is the depression located between the condyle and the condyloid process?
mandibular notch
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What is the muscle responsible for helping us smile?
Zygomatic major
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