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facial bone [′fā·shəl ‚bōn] (anatomy) The bone comprising the nose and jaws, formed by the maxilla, zygoma, nasal, lacrimal, palatine, inferior nasal concha, vomer, mandible, and parts of the ethmoid and sphenoid. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Composite photographs of her facial bones that combine an image of either the left or right side and its mirror image look much different than an unmanipulated photo does. Cholesteatomas occurring in the facial bones probably arise from a congenital inclusion rest or a traumatic implantation. As mentioned already, the fact that the baby's muscles must work very hard to suckle means that any cranial misalignment will tend to be quickly corrected as a direct result of the pull of these muscles on the cranial and facial bones. |
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