HEAD AND CERVICAL SPINE

Facial Bones

• Ethmoid - forms part of the nasal cavity and the orbits; main support structure of the nasal cavity

• Lacrimal (2) - contains foramina for the nasolacrimal ducts

• Nasal (2) - form nasal cavitities

• Hyoid - supports and provides attachment for the tongue

• Vomer - separates the nasal cavities into left and right sides

• Zygomatic (2) - "cheek bones", articulates with the frontal, maxilla, sphenoid, and temporal bones; attachment point for several muscles of expression

• Maxilla (2) - bone into which upper teeth attach, contains a maxilary sinus that drains fulid into the nasal cavity

• Mandible - only moveable facial bone, necessary for chewing food, bone into which lower teeth attach

• Palatine (2) - forms bottom of the orbitals and nasal cavities, as well as the roof of the mouth; "hard pallete"

• Inferior Nasal Concha (2) - form nasal cavities