Content:
0:00 Introduction
00:57 Bones of the Skull
01:23 Viscerocranium
01:38 Maxilla
08:17 Zygomatic Bone
10:01 Palatine Bone
13:00 Lacrimal Bone
13:53 Nasal Bone
14:43 Inferior Nasal Concha
15:16 Vomer
15:41 Mandible
20:55 Hyoid Bone
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This video is about the viscerocranium.
Bones of the skull:
• Neurocranium – surrounds the brain
• Viscerocranium – forms the facial skeleton
Bones included in the viscerocranium:
• Maxilla (maxilla) – paired
• Zygomatic bone (os zygomaticum) – paired
• Palatine bone (os palatinum) – paired
• Nasal bone (os nasale) – paired
• Lacrimal bone (os lacrimale) – paired
• Inferior nasal concha (concha nasalis inferior) – paired
• Vomer (vomer) – unpaired
• Mandible (mandibula) – unpaired
• Hyoid bone (os hyoideum) – unpaired
Maxilla:
• Body (corpus maxillae)
• Maxillary sinus (sinus maxillaris)
• Frontal process
• Zygomatic process (processus zygomaticus maxillae)
• Alveolar process (processus alveolaris)
• Palatine process (processus palatinus)
• Infraorbital margin
• Infraorbital groove (sulcus infraorbitalis)
• Infraorbital canal (canalis infraorbitalis)
• Infraorbital foramen (foramen infraorbitale)
• Canine fossa (fossa canina)
• Canine eminence (eminentia canina)
• Nasal notch (incisura nasalis)
• Maxillary tuberosity (tuber maxillae)
• Alveolar foramina (foramina alveolaria)
• Nasal crest (crista nasalis)
• Conchal crest (crista conchalis)
• Ethmoidal crest (crista ethmoidalis)
• Lacrimal notch (incisura lacrimalis)
• Lacrimal groove (sulcus lacrimalis)
• Greater palatine groove (sulcus palatinus major)
• Dental alveoli (alveoli dentales maxillae)
• Interalveolar septa (septa interalveolaria)
• Interradicular septa (septa interradicularia)
• Palatine grooves (sulci palatini)
• Incisive canal (canalis incisivus)
Zygomatic bone:
• Frontal process (processus frontalis ossis zygomatici)
• Temporal process (processus temporalis ossis zygomatici)
• Orbital surface (facies orbitalis)
• Zygomaticofacial foramen (foramen zygomaticofaciale)
• Zygomaticotemporal foramen (foramen zygomaticotemporale)
• Zygomaticoorbital foramina (foramina zygomaticoorbitalia)
• Zygomatic arch (arcus zygomaticus)
Palatine bone:
• Horizontal plate (lamina horizontalis)
• Perpendicular plate (lamina perpendicularis)
• Pyramidal process (processus pyramidalis)
• Sphenoidal process (processus sphenoidalis)
• Orbital process (processus orbitalis)
• Nasal surface (facies nasalis)
• Palatine surface (facies palatina)
• Maxillary surface (facies maxillaris)
• Nasal crest (crista nasalis)
• Conchal crest (crista conchalis)
• Ethmoidal crest (crista ethmoidalis)
• Sphenopalatine notch (incisura sphenopalatina)
• Greater palatine groove (sulcus palatinus major)
• Greater palatine canal (canalis palatinus major)
• Lesser palatine foramina (foramina palatina minora)
• Greater palatine foramen (foramen palatinum majus)
Lacrimal bone:
• Lacrimal groove (sulcus lacrimalis)
• Lacrimal fossa (fossa sacci lacrimalis)
Nasal bone:
• Internasal suture (sutura internasalis)
• Frontonasal suture (sutura frontonasalis)
• Nasal foramen (foramen nasale)
• Ethmoidal groove (sulcus ethmoidalis)
Inferior nasal concha (concha nasalis inferior):
• Separate bone, distinct from ethmoid conchae
• Increases nasal surface area
• Aids in humidification and filtration of air
Vomer:
• Posterior part of nasal septum
• Articulates with:
– Perpendicular plate of ethmoid (lamina perpendicularis ossis ethmoidalis)
– Maxilla
– Palatine bone
– Sphenoid bone
Mandible:
• Body (corpus mandibulae)
• Ramus (ramus mandibulae)
• Angle (angulus mandibulae)
• Coronoid process (processus coronoideus)
• Condylar process (processus condylaris)
• Head of mandible (caput mandibulae)
• Neck of mandible (collum mandibulae)
• Mandibular notch (incisura mandibulae)
• Fovea for lateral pterygoid (fovea pterygoidea)
• Mental foramen (foramen mentale)
• Alveolar part (pars alveolaris mandibulae)
• Mental protuberance (protuberantia mentalis)
• Mental tubercles (tubercula mentalia)
• Oblique line
• Mandibular symphysis (symphysis mandibulae)
• Superior mental spines (spinae mentales superiores)
• Inferior mental spines (spinae mentales inferiores)
• Mylohyoid line
• Sublingual fossa (fovea sublingualis)
• Submandibular fossa (fovea submandibularis)
• Mylohyoid groove (sulcus mylohyoideus)
• Mandibular foramen (foramen mandibulae)
• Mandibular canal (canalis mandibulae)
• Digastric fossa (fossa digastrica)
Hyoid bone (os hyoideum):
• Body (corpus ossis hyoidei)
• Greater horns (cornua majora)
• Lesser horns (cornua minora)
Sources:
Standring S. (2020). Gray's Anatomy, 42nd ed.
Tubbs RS, Shoja MM, Loukas M. (2016). Bergman's Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation.
White TD, Folkens PA. (2005). The Human Bone Manual.
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