DH 302 Exam #2 Questions and Answers | 154 Questions and Answers

DH 302 Exam #2 Questions and Answers

1.What bone in the skull does not articulate with any other bones?: Hyoid
bone
2. The Hyoid bone is suspended in the neck from what process?:
styloid process of the temporal bone
3. Where is the Hyoid located in relation to the thyroid cartilage?: superior
and anterior
4. What structures serve as attachments for muscles and ligaments on
the hyoid bone?: greater and lesser coruna
5. Where is the infratemporal fossa located?: superior to the mandible
6. What arteries are contained in the infratemporal fossa?: maxillary
artery, inferior alveolar artery, posterior superior alveolar artery,
pterygoid plexus of veins
7. Where is the pterygopalatine fossa located in relation to the
infratemporal fossa?: deep
8. Where is the pterygopalatine fossa located in relation to the maxilla?:
pos- terior
9. What 2 important structures are located within the pterygopalatine
fossa?-
: maxillary artery, part of the maxillary nerve
10.What is the opening through which the maxillary nerve passes onto
the pterygopalatine fossa?: foramen rotundum
11. Hyoid bone:




12. Infratemporal fossa:




13. Pterygopalatine fossa:




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14.What is the strongest facial bone?: mandible




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