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| What are benefits of knowing the anatomy of the head and neck? |
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1. using landmarks for mounting radiographs
2. administration of local anesthesia
3. understanding the features of TMJ
4. better record keeping for describing location of lesions |
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| What is the term for lying on your back? |
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| what is the term for lying on your front? |
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| an area that faces toward the head and away from the feet is? |
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| an area that faces away from the head and toward the feet is? |
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| the pointed end of a conical structure is called? |
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| what are two terms for the front side of something? |
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| what are two terms for the back side of something? |
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| which plane divides the body into equal right and left halves? |
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| median plane / midsagittal plane |
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| What is a plane that is parallel to the median plane? |
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| What are the two names for a plane that divides the body into anterior and posterior parts? |
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| frontal plane / coronal plane |
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| What plane divides the body into superior and inferior parts and is perpendicular to the median plane? |
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| a structure located at the median plane is called? |
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| an area closer to the medial plane is called? |
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| a area farther from the medial plane is called? |
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| an area closer to the median plane (for a limb) is considered? |
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| an area farther from the median plane (for a limb) is considered |
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| structures on the same side of the body are called? |
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| structures on the opposite side of the body are called? |
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| The inner side of a wall of a hollow structures is referred to as? |
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| the outer side of a wall of a hollow structures is referred to as? |
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| what is another name for a section taken through a horizontal plane? |
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| What is the study of structural relationships of the external features of the body to internal organs and parts? |
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| the prominence of the forehead is known as? |
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| what is the smooth elevated area between the eyebrows? |
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| what condition is commonly observed in patients following injury to the scalp? |
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| the external ear is known as the? |
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| the opening of the ear is known as? |
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| the external acoustic meatus |
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| the small flap of tissue anterior to the external acoustic meatus is called |
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| the small flap of tissue opposite the tragus is called the? |
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| the superior and posterior margins of the auricle is known as? |
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| the location between the tragus and antitragus of the ear is called the? |
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| ear infections/swimmers ear are usually caused by a bacterial infection of which species? |
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa
staphylococcus aureus |
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| the white area of the eyeball is called the? |
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| the central area of coloration on the eyeball is called the? |
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| the opening at the center of the eye that appear black is called the? |
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| what condition presents as a yellowing color of the sclera? |
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| what is a clouding of the eye lens that slowly obstructs the passage of light into the eye and can result in blindness if untreated? |
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| what is the thin membrane lining the inside of the eyelids and front of eyeball? |
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| conjunctivitis, an inflammation of the conjunctiva of the eye, is more commonly referred to as? |
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| the corners of the eye are called? |
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| medial and lateral canthus |
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| which glands are found in the orbital region? |
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| a nostril of the nose is also called a? |
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| what is the cartilage structure that surrounds each naris? |
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| what is the region located inferiorly to the orbit? |
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| what are the two main muscles found in the buccal region? |
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| the face can be divided into thirds and this perspective is known as? |
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| vertical dimension of the face |
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| the transition zone between lips and the surrounding skin is known as the? |
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| the inferior surface of the upper lip has a medial thick area known as the? |
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| tubercle of the upper lip |
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| the groove running from the labial commissure and the ala of each nostril is called? |
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| what structure runs under the lower lip horizontally and separates the lower lip from the chin? |
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| inflammation of the labial commissure is known as? |
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| the oral cavity is lined with what kind of tissue? |
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| the inner part of the lips are lined with what kind of tissue |
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| the inner cheek is lined with what kind of tissue? |
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| buccal mucosa covers a dense pad of inner tissue known as the |
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| the area with vestibules where the buccal and alveolar mucosa meet at the mucobuccal fold is called the? |
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| what is a localized mass caused by single or repeated traumatic episodes? |
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| irritation fibroma (removed using lasers) |
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| What is the fold of tissue that extends from the hard and soft palates down to the mandible? |
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| how many cranial nerves innervate the tongue? |
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| what is the midline depression that runs down the center of the tongue? |
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| what is the pitlike depression on the tongue at the point of the sulcus terminalis? |
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| what are the vertical folds on the ventral side of the tongue? |
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| plica fimbriata (fimbraited folds) |
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| what are the horizontal folds of tissue on the floor of the mouth? |
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| what are the 3 parts of the pharynx |
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nasopharynx
oropharynx
laryngopharynx |
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| what is the term for the opening from the oral region into the oropharynx |
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| fauces are formed by enterior and posterior structures known as the? |
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| Pharyngitis (sore throat) is usually viral but can also be caused by a bacterial infection form what bacteria in children? |
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| The sternocleidomastoid muscle divides the neck into which two regions? |
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| anterior and posterior cervical triangles |
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| The adams apple is a cartilage of the larynx and is more officially known as the? |
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| The anterior cervical triangle is further subdivided into which 4 sections? |
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submandibular triangle
carotid triangle
muscular triangle
submental triangle |
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| The posterior cervical triangle can be subdivided into which two sections? |
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occipital triangle
subclavian triangle |
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| a prominence on a bony surface is called? |
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| process (alveolar process) |
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| oval prominence usually involved in joints? |
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| condyle (occipital condyle) |
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| a rounded surface projecting from a bone by a neck |
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| head (head of mandibular condyle) |
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| large rough prominence usually the attachment for muscles or tendons |
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| tuberosity (maxillary tuberosity) |
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| bridgelike bony structure |
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| cornu (greater and lesser of the hyoid bone) |
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| small rounded elevation on the bony surface |
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| tubercle or eminence (genial tubercle and frontal eminence) |
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| roughened border or ridge on the bone surface |
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| crest (infratemporal crest) |
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| line (superior temporal line) |
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| abrupt small prominence of bone |
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| spine (spine of sphenoid bone) |
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| indentation or notch at the edge of a bone |
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| incisura/notch (coronoid notch) |
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| shallow depression or groove that usually marks the course of an artery or nerve |
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| sulcus (infraorbital sulcus) |
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| Deep depression on a bony surface |
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| short, windowlike opening in bone |
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| long narrow tubelike opening in bone |
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| canal (hypoglossal canal) |
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| narrow cleft like opening in bone |
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| fissure (superior orbital fissure) |
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| small openings in bone that lead to hallow organs or canals |
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| osmium (ostium of the maxillary sinus |
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| opening or orofice in bone |
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| aperture (piriform aperture) |
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| area where bone are joined to each other |
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| immovable articulation which joins bones by fibrous tissue |
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| What is the suture that connects the frontal and parietal bones of the skull? |
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| what is the suture that connects the parietal bones? |
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| what is the suture that connected the occipital bone to the parietal bones? |
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| which two bones make up the orbital apex? |
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lesser wing of sphenoid
palatine bone |
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| which nerves pass through the superior orbital fissure? |
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| the junction between the frontal and nasal bones is called the? |
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| the bridge of the nose is formed by which structures? |
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| the nasal septum is formed by the vomer and which structure? |
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| perpendicular plate of the ethmoid bone |
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| what are the ridges that form the boundary of the temporal fossa? |
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| superior and inferior temporal line |
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| which muscle attaches to the inferior temporal line? |
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| what are the 6 cranial bones? |
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occipital
frontal
parietal
temporal
sphenoid
ethmoid |
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| what is the suture that joins the temporal and parietal bones? |
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| what two structures form the zygomatic arch? |
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temporal process of the zygomatic bone
zygomatic process of the temporal bone |
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| what is the suture between the two processes of the zygomatic arch |
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| What muscle attaches to the zygomatic arch? |
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| what bones form the hard palate? |
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2 palatine processes of the maxillae
2 horizontal plates of the palatine |
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| what is the suture between the palatine processes of the maxillae? |
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| What is the suture between the palatine processes of the maxillae and the horizontal plates of the palatine? |
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| transverse palatine suture |
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| what structure forms the floor of the nasal cavity and the roof of the mouth? |
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| what structures are found at the inferior border of the hard palate |
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| posterior nasal apertures |
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| what structure forms the medial border of the nasal apertures? |
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| Which canal is part of the foramen lacerum? |
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| What structures form the lateral borders of the posterior nasal apertures? |
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| pterygoid process of the sphenoid |
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| what are the 3 components of the pterygoid process? |
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medial plate
lateral plate
pterygoid fossa |
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| what structure extends from the inferior portion of the medial pterygoid plate? |
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| which nerve passes through the foramen ovale? |
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| which nerve passes through the foramen spinosum? |
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| the carotid canal is located in which bone? |
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| petrous part of temporal bone |
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| which opening is located posterior to the styloid process |
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| which nerve passes through the stylomastoid foramen? |
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| 7th cranial nerve (facial nerve) |
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| what 4 structures pass through the jugular foramen? |
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internal jugular vein
nerves- 9th, 10th, 11th |
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| what is the largest opening in the cranium? |
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| Which nerves pass through the cribriform plate? |
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| 1st cranial nerve (olfactory) |
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| which nerves pass through the foramen rotundum? |
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| max division of the 5th cranial nerve |
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| which nerve passes through the hypoglossal canal |
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12th (hypoglossal nerve)
internal acoustic meatus
7th and 8th nerves |
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| which structure is located in the infratemporal fossa? |
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| max division of 5th cranial nerve |
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| in which part of the temporal bone is the TMJ located? |
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| what is a single bone located at the center of the skull |
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| what structure forms the floor of the maxillary sinus? |
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| alveolar process of maxillae |
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| in which bone is the infraorbital foramen located? |
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| the concave forward curve on the anterior border of the coronoid process of the ramus is called what |
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