KIN 2500 Chapter : Ch 7 Axial Skeleton
15 Mar 2019
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The skull: two sets of bones, cranial and facial. Small, flattened bones that form the bridge of the nose; protect the upper entry to the nasal cavity. Smallest bones of the face; posterior and lateral to the nasal bones; form part of the medial wall of each orbit. L-shaped bones that form the posterior portion of the hard palate; contains horizontal plates and perpendicular plates. Form part of the inferior lateral wall of the nasal cavity; inferior to the middle nasal conchae of the ethmoid bone; not part of the ethmoid bone. Triangular bone on the floor of the nasal cavity; forms the inferior portion of the bony nasal septum (the partition that divides the nasal cavity) Unite to form the upper jaw bone; forms part of the hard palate; each has a hollowed out, central body. Cheekbones; forms part of the zygomatic arch; forms the distinction of the cheekbones and the lateral wall and floor of each orbit.
