BI151 | EXAM 3 - UNIT 7: AXIAL SKELETON, FACIAL BONES

What type of bone forms the face?

facial bones

What bone forms the bridge of the nose?

nasal bone

Which is the smallest facial bone and contains the lacrimal fossa?

lacrimal bone

Which bone forms the posterior part of the hard palate and part of the floor of the nasal cavity and orbit?

palatine bone

Which structure projects into the nasal cavity and helps warm, moisten, and filter inhaled air?

inferior nasal conchae

Which bone forms the inferior part of the bony nasal septum?

vomer

Which bone forms the upper jawbone?

maxillae

What cheekbones also form part of the lateral wall and floor of the orbit?

zygomatic bones

What is the anterior part of the zygomatic arch called?

Temporal process

Which bone forms the lower jawbone?

Mandible

What is the curved horizontal part of the mandible called?

Body

What is the ascending part of the mandible called?

Ramus

What is the corner where the body meets the ramus called?

Angle

Which part of the mandible forms a joint with the temporal bone?

Condylar process

Which part of the mandible serves as the attachment point for the temporalis muscle?

Coronoid process

What three structures form the nasal septum?

Vomer, septal cartilage, and perpendicular plate of the ethmoid bone

What bones form the orbit (eye socket)?

Frontal, sphenoid, ethmoid, palatine, zygomatic, lacrimal, and maxilla bones