Cranium
Region of the cranium pertaining to the forehead.
What is the frontal bone?
Consists of 14 bones.
What is the face?
The air-containing spaces within the skull that communicate with the nasal cavity.
What are paranasal sinuses?
The largest major salivary gland.
What is the parotid gland?
Main infection defense of the body.
What are lymphocytes?
Frontal, Parietal, Occipital, Temporal, Orbital, Nasal, Infraorbital, Zygomatic, Buccal, Oral, Mental.
What are the 11 regions of the head?
Single, flat bone that forms the base for the nasal septum.
What is the vomer?
The largest of the paranasal sinuses.
What is the maxillary sinus?
The three major salivary glands.
What are the Parotid, Sublingual, and Submandibular glands?
When lymph nodes become swollen and tender.
What is acute infection?
A jagged line in which bones articulate & form a joint that doesn't move.
What is the suture?
The temporal process of the zygomatic bones articulating with the zygomatic process, which creates the prominence of the cheek.
What is the zygomatic arch?
Inflammation of the sinus.
What is sinusitis?
The gland that provides 60 to 65% of the total volume of saliva.
Nodes located along the length of the internal jugular vein on each side of the neck.
What are deep cervical lymph nodes?
Large, rounded process on a bone.
What is tuberosity?
The point where the two nasal bones & frontal bone join, inferior to the glabella.
What is the nasion?
Producing mucus; Making the bones of the skull lighter; Providing resonance, which helps produce sound.
What are the functions of the sinus?
The process of saliva maintaining the integrity of tooth surfaces.
What is remineralization?
Lymph nodes increasing in size and becoming firm as a result of infection or cancer.
What is lymphadenopathy?
Malleus, Incus, Stapes
What are the 6 auditory ossicles?
The communication between the cavernous sinus and the apex of the orbit.
What is the superior orbital fissure?
Congestion or infection of this sinus that may cause toothache.
What are Maxillary Sinuses?
The minor salivary gland associated with circumvallate lingual on the tongue.
What is the Von Ebner's Salivary Gland?
The five groups of superficial lymph nodes found in the head.
What is occipital, retroauricular, anteriorarticular, superficial parotid, and facial nodes.