Gross Anatomy Unit 3: BONES-Facial Bones and Markings

Mandible

alveolar process/part (of mandible)

angle (of mandible)

body (of mandible)

condylar process (of mandible)

head of condyle (of mandible)

condyle/articular part (of mandible)

neck of condyle (of mandible)

coronoid process (of mandible)

diagastric fossa (of mandible)

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lingula (of mandible)

mandibular/inferior alveolar foramen (of mandible)

inferior alveolar nerve

inferior alveolar artery

what passes through this structure?

mental foramen (of mandible)

mental nerve

mental artery

mental vein

mental bundle

what passes through this structure?

Mental tubercle (of mandible)

mylohyoid groove (of mandible)

mylohyoid artery

what passes along this structure?

mylohyoid line (of mandible)

notch (of mandible)

oblique line (of mandible)

protuberance (of mandible)

ramus (of mandible)

superior to angle of mandible

inferior mental spine (of mandible)

superior mental spine (of mandible)

sublingual fossa (of mandible)

submandibular fossa (of mandible)

maxilla

alveolar process (of maxilla)

anterior nasal spine (of maxilla)

frontal process (of maxilla)

infraorbital margin (of maxilla)

infraorbital foramen (of maxilla)

Infraorbital nerve, artery, vein

what passes through this structure

incisive canal/fossa (of maxilla)

sphenopalatine artery

nasopalatine nerve

what passes through this structure?

Orbital surface (of maxilla)

palatine process (of maxilla)

zygomatic process of maxilla

Zygomatic bone

frontal process of zygomatic bone

temporal process of zygomatic bone

infraorbital margin (of zygomatic bone)

orbital surface (of zygomatic bone)

zygomaticofacial foramen

zygomaticofacial nerve

what passes through this structure

hyoid bone

body of hyoid bone

greater horn of hyoid bone

lesser horn of hyoid bone

nasal bone

vomer bone

ala of vomer

lacrimal bone

anterior lacrimal crest of maxilla bone

posterior crest of lacrimal bone

fossa for lacrimal sac of lacrimal bone

palatine bone

horizontal plate of palatine bone

greater palatine foramen

Greater palatine nerves

descending palatine artery

descending palatine vein

what passes through this structure?

lesser palatine foramina

lesser/posterior palatine nerves

lesser palatine artery

what passes through this structure?

posterior nasal spine (of palatine bone)

mylohyoid muscle

what muscle attaches here?

buccinator, depressor anguli oris, depressor labii inferioris, masseter, and platysma muscle

what attaches here?

anterior belly of the diagastric muscle

what attaches here?

masseter and medial pterygoid muscles

what attaches here?

sublingual gland

what sits against this strucutre?

submandibular gland

what is found against this structure?