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Alexis Polokoff -FACIAL BONES
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Anatomy
3rd Grade
12/06/2011

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Mandible
Definition

Forms lower jaw of the skull. There is a body, the two rami, the alveolar process, the condyle, and coronoid process.

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Maxilla Bones[image]
Definition
The 'mustache' bone cause of it's shape. It has two seperate bones that fuse together. The function of the maxilla is to provide protection of the face, support of the orbits, hold the top half of the teeth in place, and form the floor of the nose. It has a body, zygomatic process, a frontal process, a alveolar process, the palatine process, the infraorbital foramen, and the maxillary sinus.
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Palatine Bones[image]
Definition
It's in the back part of the nasal cavity. It functions in protection of organs in the region and the formation of the roof of the mouth and floor of the eye socket.
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Zygomatic Bones
Definition
The cheekbones. It forms part of the orbit and protects and supports a portion of the face.[image]
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Nasal Bones
Definition
Two bones that come together to form the bridge of the nose. It also functions in support of the nose.[image]
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Lacrimal Bones
Definition
This is located on the medial wall of the eye socket and this bone is the smallest bone of the face. It forms part of the eye socket/orbit.
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Inferior Nasal Conchae
Definition
Has two bones known as the nasal concha or the turbinate bone. Primary function is to filter air.
Term
vomer
Definition
triangle bone on floor of nasal septum. It's the the bottem center portion of the nose. [image]
Term
What is another bone that isn't attactched to any other bone, but it close to the head?
Definition
Hyoid Bone Surgery
Term
What is the largest, strongest, and only mobile bone in the face?
Definition
Mandible!
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