A+P Lab Practical 1 (Facial Bones, Auditory Ossicles, and Hyoid Bone)

Maxilla Bone (2)

• upper jaw

• anterior hard palate

Alveolar Processes (Maxilla Bone)

• houses upper teeth

Palatine Bone (2)

• posterior hard palate

Zygomatic Bone (2)

• cheekbones

Temporal Process of Zygomatic Bone (2)

• cheekbones

Lacrimal (2)

Lacrimal Fossa

• houses tear ducts

Nasal (2)

• bridge of nose

Vomer (1)

• inferior nasal septum

Inferior Nasal Concha (2)

• separates bones

• increase turbulence 

Mandible (1)

• lower jaw 

Mental Foramen

• passage for vessels and cranial nerve V

Cornoid Process

• attachment for temporalis muscle 

Condylar Process

• articulates with temporal bone (TMJ)

Alveolar Process

• houses lower teeth

Malleus (2)

• hammer 

Incus (2)

• anvil

Stapes (2)

• stirrup

Hyoid (1)

• supports tongue

• larynx muscles