orofacial II midterm Questions with Detailed Verified
Answers
1.Sinusitis (Inflammation of the frontal and max sinuses, filled with fluid from)? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ mucus
comes from nasal cavity
The only movable bone of the skull is the Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ mandible
The process that resorbs and causes tooth mobility? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ alveolar process
On lateral view of skull, there is a suture, its fan shaped? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ squasmosal
The curled structure that increase the surface area in nose Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ conchae
Inferior to greater wing of sphenoid bone( muscles of mastication attaches to it) Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓
pterygoid process
2 pairs of sinuses that are palpable Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ frontal and maxillary
this landmar is where the olfactory nerves run through? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ cribiform plate
this depression in the temporal bone is where the condyle articulates? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ articulate fossa
The notch lies between the coronoid process and mandibular condyle? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ mandibular
notch
The sternocleoidmastoid muscle (SCM) and trapezeus belong to? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ cervical muscles
The platysma belongs to what group? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ facial expression
The masseter muscle is a muscle of mastication, where does it originate from? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓
zygomatic arch
If I clench and grind, this muscle can protrude/enlarge over time Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ masseter muscle
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