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== Description == | == Description and Overview == | ||
The facial skeleton provides protection to the brain and to the special sense organs: sight, smell and taste. It is the foundation on which the facial muscles attach. | |||
=== Structure === | === Structure === | ||
The facial skeleton consists of: | |||
== | ==== Frontal bone ==== | ||
This forms the forehead region of the face housing the frontal sinuses. It forms the roof of the ethmoid sinuses, nose and orbit (for the eye). | |||
=== | ==== Zygoma ==== | ||
This forms the lateral rim and wall of the orbit, and forms the anterior zygomatic arch. | |||
==== Maxilla ==== | |||
==== Nasal bones ==== | |||
The nasal bones are a pair of bones which form the upper part of the nasal cavity. | |||
==== Mandible ==== | |||
=== Muscle attachments === | === Muscle attachments === | ||
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Description and Overview[edit | edit source]
The facial skeleton provides protection to the brain and to the special sense organs: sight, smell and taste. It is the foundation on which the facial muscles attach.
Structure[edit | edit source]
The facial skeleton consists of:
Frontal bone[edit | edit source]
This forms the forehead region of the face housing the frontal sinuses. It forms the roof of the ethmoid sinuses, nose and orbit (for the eye).
Zygoma[edit | edit source]
This forms the lateral rim and wall of the orbit, and forms the anterior zygomatic arch.
Maxilla[edit | edit source]
Nasal bones[edit | edit source]
The nasal bones are a pair of bones which form the upper part of the nasal cavity.
