Exam 26: Osteology of the Skull

Normal eruption of __________ may be inhibited if there is insufficient growth in the mandible.

The position and size of the lingula is important to clinical dentistry because it often is associated with mandibular tori.

Another name for the cheekbone is the ___________ bone.

Sutures visible from the superior aspect of the skull include (Select all that apply. )

The structure that is composed of the vomer and the perpendicular plate of the ethmoid bone is the

The vertical portion of the mandible is called the ramus.The mandible is made up of one body,two alveolar processes,and two rami.

The digastric fossae of the mandible can be seen laterally because they are located at the inferior border of the mandible.

Within the medial body of the mandible are two fossae that house the sublingual and submandibular salivary glands.These two fossae are called the coronoid notch and the coronoid process.

The anterior nasal spine is important radiographically because it is a landmark frequently used to locate impacted third molars.

The cribriform plate is the passageway for olfactory nerves from the nasal cavity to the brain.

The genial tubercles are located on the

Some people believe that temporomandibular joint problems are due to the squamosal suture because unlike most sutures,which overlap one another,the squamosal suture butts up against surrounding sutures.

There are 24 bones that makeup the skull.Fourteen bones makeup bones of the face.

From the inferior view of the skull,the _____________ is located between the maxilla and the palatine bone.

The mandibular foramen is located near the top of the ramus.The nerves and blood vessels for the maxillary and mandibular posterior teeth and soft tissues enter the maxillae through the mandibular foramen.