Dental Assistant Ch. 9
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Created by:
michelledgreen on October 20, 2010
Subjects:
head & neck: bones of the skull
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13 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Condyle | the ball joint portion of the lower jaw. (TMJ) |
| Ramus | the posterior part of the mandible that is more or less vertical |
| Coronoid process | a thin, triangular eminence |
| Mandibular notch | groove between the condyle and the coronoid process. It allows the passage of the masseteric nerve (a branch of the mandibular nerve |
| Angle of the mandible | The lower posterior of the ramus. |
| Alveolar process | The portion of jaw that the roots of the teeth are embedded. Bone that holds tooth in socket. |
| Mental foramen | two small openings near the front of the mandible for the passage of the mental nerve/ blood vessels. (shot will numb lip) |
| Body of the mandibler | The horizontal portion of the lower jaw. |
| Mandibular foramen | An opening on the internal surface of the ramus where the inferior alveolar nerve and inferior alveolar artery enter. |
| Inferior alveolar nerve | enters mandibular canal; is the 3rd branch (V3) of the trigeminal nerve; exits mental foramen. (shot will numb lip) |
| Retromolar area | The space behind last molar on the mandible |
| Greater palatine foramen | openings in the palatine bone, palatine nerve and vessels pass |
| Incisive foramen | opening in the midline bone of the oral hard palate where blood vessels and nerves may pass. |
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