Facial Bones (a)
How many cranial bones are there?
What part of the skeleton are they?
Axial Skeleton
What do the orbits contain?
The eyes
The nasal cavity is lined with a mucus membrane. What does the mucus membrane do?
The mucus membrane keeps the inside of the nose moist.
What shape is the hyoid bone?
U-Shaped
What does the mandible hold in place?
Lower teeth
How many lacrimal bones are there?
Two
How many bones make up the orbits?
Seven bones
What is the group of four air-filled spaces that surround the nasal cavity called?
The paranasal cavity.
What does the Hyoid bone carry the weight of?
The tongue
Pyramid
What walls do the Palatine bones line?
Nasal Cavity & Orbits
What is the Frontal bone also known as?
The forehead
Which of the three paranasal sinuses is missing? The frontal sinus, the ethmoidal sinus, and the.....
Sphenoidal Sinus.
Where is the hyoid bone located?
Anterior part of the neck between the jaw bone and thyroid cartilage.
What are the zygomatic bones referred to as?
The cheekbones
Plow-shaped & part of nasal septum
The Frontal bone
What is the bone that is composed of a pair of L-shaped bones joined at the midline?
Palatine Bone.
How many pairs of horns/cornua does the Hyoid bone have?
Two pairs. The greater and the lesser horns/cornua.
What do the nasal bones form?
Bridge of the nose
What is the largest of 3 pairs of Conchae?
Inferior nasal conchae
What channel allows the transmission of visual signals to the visual cortex?
The Optic Canal
The ____ is superior and dorsal to the nose, deep in the face along the medial of the body. Fill in the blank.
The nasal cavity.
Does the Hyoid bone feature any major points of articulation with any other bones?