Face

Front

Back

maxilla bone (left and right):

=> location:

- superior to the mandible

- inferior to the frontal and ethmoid bone

- medial to a zygomatic bone

- lateral to the vomer, an inferior nasal concha and nasal bone.

Front

the pink part indicates?

Back

palatine process (maxilla prominence):

— continuous laterally with the body of maxilla

— continuous both anteriorly and laterally with the alveolar process of maxilla

— consists of the nasal crest and palatine grooves.

Front

the pink part indicates?

Back

zygomatic process (maxilla prominence):

— is continuous medially with the body of maxilla

— articulates with the maxillary process of zygomatic bone, forming the zygomaticomaxillary suture

— contributes to the formation of the floor of the orbit.

Front

the pink part indicates?

Back

infraorbital foramen (maxilla prominence): located inferior to the orbit, superior to the canine fossa, and lateral to the piriform aperture of the nose.

=> left and right

Front

the pink part indicates?

Back

alveolar process of maxilla:

— is continuous superiorly with the body of maxilla

— is continuous both posteriorly and medially with the palatine process of maxilla

— consists of the dental alveoli, interalveolar septa and interradicular septa of the maxilla

— provides an origin site for the buccinator muscle

— articulates with the alveolar process of the opposite maxilla, contributing to the formation of the intermaxillary suture.

Front

Back

palatine bone (left and right)

On its corresponding side, each palatine bone is located:

- anterior to the sphenoid bone

- posterior to a maxilla

- posteroinferior to an inferior nasal concha

- inferior to the ethmoid bone and vomer.

Each palatine bone articulates with the:

- opposite palatine bone at the median palatine suture

- ethmoid bone at a palatoethmoidal suture

- maxilla at palatomaxillary and transverse palatine sutures

- sphenoid bone

- vomer

- inferior nasal concha.

Front

Back

mandible bone

=> location: located:

- superior to the hyoid bone

- inferior to the temporal and zygomatic bones and maxillae.

It articulates with the right and left temporal bones at the temporomandibular joints.

Front

the pink part indicates?

Back

mandibular ramus (mandible prominence)

— anterosuperiorly with the coronoid process on its corresponding side

—posterosuperiorly with the condylar process on its corresponding side.

Each ramus consists of medial and lateral surfaces, anterior and posterior borders, and an angle of the mandible

Front

the green circle indicates?

Back

mental foramen (mandible prominence): a small, round opening found on the external surface of the body of the mandible, inferior to the mandibular premolar teeth.

Front

the pink part indicates?

Back

alveolar process of mandible (mandible prominence)

— is continuous inferiorly with the body of mandible
— consists of the dental alveoli, interalveolar septa and interradicular septa of the mandible
— provides an origin site for the buccinator muscle.