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Largest,strongest, facial bone.
Body-forms the chin
Rami-meet with body posteriorly to form angle.
Mandibular notch separates coronoid process & mandibular condyle.
Mandibular, mental foramina |
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Keystone bones of the face;form upper jaw & central portion of facial skeleton.
Incisive foramen
Infraorbital foramen
Maxillary sinuses-Largest of paranasal sinuses |
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| “Cheekbones”;articulates with temporal bones via zygomatic arch. |
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| Thin rectangular bones fused medially; forms “nosebridge”; inferiorly attach to nasal cartilages. |
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| Delicate fingernail-shaped bones that contribute to the medial walls of each orbit; lacrimal fossa houses lacrimal sac. |
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| Forms posterior part of the hard palate. |
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Slender,plow shaped bone that lies in the nasal cavity and forms part of the nasal septum.
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Inferior Nasal Conchae (2) |
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| Thin, curved bones of nasal cavity; inferior to middle nasal concha of ethmoid; largest of the three pairs of conchae. |
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