TCDHA OROFACIAL II MIDTERM WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

TCDHA OROFACIAL II MIDTERM WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS



bones

- protect soft tissues

- biomechanical basis for movement along with muscles, tendons and ligaments

- considered in spread of dental infection (periapical abscess)



bony prominence

aka a process



- landmarks for attachments of muscles, tendons, and ligaments



- condyle,

- tuberosity,

- head,

- arch,

- cornu,

- tubercle/eminence,

- crest,

- line,

- spine




condyle

- large, convex, oval

,- located at joints/articulations



tuberosity

- large, rough prominence

- area for muscle & tendon attachment



head

- rounded

- projecting from a bone by a neck




arch

- prominent

- shaped like a bridge




cornu

- small

- horn-like




tubercle/eminence

small rounded elevation




crest

- roughened border or ridge on the bone surface

,line

- straight small ridge of bone




spine

- abrupt

- may be blunt or sharply pointed




bony depressions

- incisura/notch

- sulcus

- fossa




incisura/notch

indentation at the edge of the bone




sulcus/sulci

shallow depression or groove

- usually marks the course of blood vessels or nerves

, fossa/fossae

- deeper depression

- can be portions of joints, attachment of muscles or have other functions




bony openings

- foramen

- canal

- meatus

- fissure

- ostium

- aperture




foramen/foramina

- short

- window like opening




canal

- longer, narrow tube like opening




meatus

a type of CANAL