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Head and Neck Anatomy, Dental

Horizontales
The mastoid process is a projection on the __________ bone located just behind the ear. The mastoid process is composed of air spaces that communicate with the middle ear cavity.
The facial bones that are useful in identifying maxillary radiographs (x-rays) are the _____________ bones.
The __________ forms the upper jaw.
A _________ is a jagged line where bones articulate and form a joint that does not move.
The __________ compresses the cheeks against the teeth and retracts the angle of the mouth.
The back and base of the cranium are formed by the _________ bone.
The posterior __________ alverolar artery supplies blood to the maxillary teeth
The two maxillary bones, or __________, form the upper jaw and the hard palate.
The mandible forms the __________ jaw.
The ________ is a natural opening in bone through which blood vessels and nerves pass.
Verticales
Each ___________bone encloses an ear and contains the external auditory meatus, which is the bony passage of the outer ear.
__________movement occurs when the internal and external pterygoid muscles on the "same side of the face contract together".
The spinal cord passes through the foramen ____________ of the occipital bone.
If a patient has permanent paralysis of the tongue and lip after an extraction of a mandibular third molar, which cranial nerve was damaged?________ this nerve is responsible for movement of the muscles and other cranial muscles.
The______ bone, which is suspended between the mandible and the larynx, is the only bone that does not articulate with another bone.
The only movable bone of the skull forms the lower jaw and is known as the ________, and is the longest and strongest bone of the face.
The two ___________ bones, also known as the malar bones, form the prominence of the cheek and the lateral wall and floor of the orbit.
The fontanelle or soft spot in newborns is located where the sutures between the "frontal" and ___________ bones have not yet closed.
The cranium is composed of eight bones that protect and cover the______.
The human skull is divided into two sections: the ___________ and the face. The cranium has eight bones and covers and protects the brain; the face is composed of 14 bones.
Serous ________ is watery, mainly protein fluid
The "mandibular foramen" is located on the lingual surface of each _________ on the mandible