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Yes. Ventral can mean closer to the abdomen, below or the bottom surface of an object such as ventral surface of the tongue (bottom side).
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Facial bones that form the lateral edges of the eye sockets and the cheek bones are called what?
occular orbits
Which nerve affects your sense of taste and facial expressions?
The facial nerves do.
Are facial expressions - anger or smile - acquired or we are born with them?
There are some studies that suggest that our facial expressions are inherited, witness that facial expressions of the blind from birth, who also smile and frown. http://www.answers.com/topic/facial-expression
Why is the maxillae considered the keystone of the facial bones?
They articulate with all facial bones except the mandible.
The skull is composed of two main bone divisions and facial bone?
The cranial and facial bones
What are the two main parts of pons?
Basilar (ventral/anterior) part, which contains =pontine nuclei + transverse fibres + longitudinal fibres (pyramidal tracts and corticopontine fibres)Tegmental (dorsal/posterior) part, which contains = nuclei of the middle four cranial nerves (trigeminal, abducen, facial and vestibulocochlear nerves) + 4 Lemnisci (lateral, spinal, trigeminal and medial)
What is the medical term meaning pertaining to the face?
Facial; anterior; ventralFacial; anterior; ventral
Facial bones that form the lateral edges of the eye sockets and the cheek bones are called what?
occular orbits
What does it mean when a dentist says you have mf on your teeth?
MF is short for Mesial Facial, which are surfaces on your tooth. Mesial is the surface of your tooth that is on the side closest toward the center of your mouth. Facial is the surface of your tooth that touches your lips.
What words have the Latin or Greek root facies?
Face, facial, surface, and facade.
Muscle inserts into the mastoid process?
Posterior Belly of Digastric Muscle (innervated by CN VII) Facial nerve Sternocleidomastoid (innervated by CN XI) Spinal accessory nerve Longissimus Capitis (innervated by dorsal rami of C3-C8 spinal nerves) Splenius Capitis (innervated by dorsal rami of middle cervical spinal nerves)
Taste fibers to anterior two thirds of the tongue are carried by?
the Chorda Tympani nerve ( a branch of the facial nerve VII) which joins the lingual nerve medial to the lateral pterygoid muscle.
Which of the facial bones is known as the keystone of the face and why?
The maxilla is the keystone of the face and all other facial bones articulate with them. They form part of the lateral walls and most of the floor of the nasal cavity, part of the floor of the orbital cavities and three fourths of the roof of the mouth, or hard palate. If you break these, your face will collapse.
What are the causes and clinical manifestations of Millard-Gubler syndrome?
It's due to pontine lesion that destroys abducens nerve, facial nerve and corticospinal tract of one side.paralysis of lateral rectus muscle on the same side = due to damaged abducens nerveparalysis of facial expression muscles, and loss of other functions on the same side = due to damaged facial nerveparalysis of contralateral limbs = due to damaged corticospinal tract
What has the author Robert I Hathaway written?
Robert I. Hathaway has written: 'A comparison of anthropometric and computer-assisted acquisition of facial surface topography'
What is the functions of the facial artery?
What is function of facial artery What is function of facial artery What is function of facial artery What is function of facial artery
Do Facial Hair Removal Cream thickens the hair?
No. Depilatories or hair removal creams doesn't thicken the hair. It just dissolves the hair at the surface.
