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Friday 25 October 2019

Bones of the Face

There are 14 facial bones all expect the mandible being United by sutures and immovable.
  Two nasal bones from the bridge of the nose.
 Two Palatine Bones from the roof of the mouth and the floor of the nose.
Two lacrimal bones from the tear ducts and part of the orbit at the inner angle of the eye through which is the fluid from the eye is carried to the nasal cavity.
Two Zygonatic bones from the cheek bones. Process from these bones unit with the zygomatic process of the temporal bones to from the zygomatic arch.
One vomer from the lower part of the bony partition in the nose. ( the upper part of the nasal septum is formed by the perpendicular plate of the ethnicity.)
Two inferior turbinate bones are the larger fear of three projections nasal conchae from the lateral wall of the maxilla.
Two maxilla from the upper jaw and content the upper teeth the body of the maxilla contents a large cavity the maxillary sinus, or antrum of Highmore, which communicates with the nasal cavity by to a small openings.

The mandible


The bones of the face