Head — Flashcards

The angle between the sigmoid sinus plate and tegmen/dural plate is called _____ angle or Citellis angle.

All muscles of mastication cause _____ of the jaw except: Temporalis

Bony part of external nose consists of: Two _____ bones, Frontal process of maxilla, Nasal process of frontal bone

The _____ artery is divided into three parts by the lateral pterygoid muscle.

_____ movements of the jaw take place in the joint space below the articular disc of the temporomandibular joint.

A prominent _____ process and suprorbital ridges are more commonly seen in a male skull.

The _____ nerve runs downwards and forwards on the surface of the medial pterygoid muscle.

Facial vein is valveless and connects to the _____ through the superior ophthalmic vein

Action of Lateral pterygoid muscle is _____, protrusion and side to side movement of the jaw.

Hint: elevation/depression

Ciliary body consists of an anterior portion called the pars _____ and a posterior portion called the pars plana.