SPLANCHNOCRANIUM
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Splanchnocranium = Viscerocranium = bone of the face



Maxilla



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§  Corpus maxillae
         infraorbital canal et groove
         infraorbital foramen
         alveolar canals
         fossa canina
         hiatus of maxillary sinus
         incisura nasalis
         anterior nasal spine
         infrazygomatic crest
         tuber maxillae
         alveolar foramens
         posterior alveolar canals

§  Maxillary sinus
        semilunar hiatus
        frontal recess
        zygomatic recess
        palatal recess
        alveolar recess
§  Frontal process
        ant. lacrimal crest
        ethmoidal crest
        conchal crest
§  Zygomatic process

§  Alveolar process
        juga alveolaria
        dental alveoli
        interalveolar septa
        interradicular septa
§  Palatal process
       incisive foramen
        palatal torus
        palatal grooves

Palatine bone



§  Perpendicular plate
          orbital process
          sphenoidal process
          sphenoidal notch
          sphenopalatine for.
          conchal crest
          ethmoidal crest
§  Horizontal plate
          lesser palatine foramen
          greater palatine foramen
          pyramidal process
          posterior nasal spine

Zygomatic bone



§  Corpus
        facial surface
       zygomaticofacial for.
       orbital surface
       zygomaticoorbital for.
       temporal surface
       zygomaticotemporal for.
§  Maxillary process
§  Frontal process
§  Temporal process




Lacrimal bone



§  Orbital surface
       posterior lacrimal crest
      lacrimal sulcus
§  Nasal surface

Ethmoid bone



§  Perpendicular plate
        crista galli
        foramen caecum
        nasal septum
§  Ethmoid labyrinth
        anterior ethmoid sinus
        middle ethmoid sinus
        posterior ethmoid sinus
        ethmoid bulla
        superior concha
        middle concha
        uncinate process
        orbital plate
§  Cribriform plate







Nasal bone



§Facial surface
     foramen for emissary vein
§Nasal surface
     ethmoidal sulcus
§Superior border
§Inferior border
Human Skull

Vomer
forms a major part of the bony nasal septum
§  wings of vomer

helps to form the lateral wall of the nasal cavity and the medial wall of the maxillary sinus
Inferior nasal concha


§  Lateral surface
        maxillary process
§  Medial surface
        ethmoidal process
       lacrimal process

Mandible



§Corpus mandibulae
         symphysis menti
         external & internal surf.
         alveolar process
         mandibular angle
         mental tubercle
         mental protuberance
         mental foramen
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§Mandibular ramus
         coronoid process
         temporal crest
         condylar process
         mandibular head
         mandibular neck
         pterygoid fossa
         masseteric tuberosity
         external oblique line
         retromolar fossa
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§Internal aspect
        digastric fossa
        mental spine
        mylohyoid ridge
        submandibular fossa
        sublingual fossa
        mandibular foramen
        mandibular lingula
        mandibular canal
        mylohyoid sulcus
        internal oblique line
        pterygoid tuberosity
        coronoid notch
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