Facial skeleton

Looks like

The fourteen bones of the face: jaws, cheeks, nose and the small bones around the eye.

What it does

Frame the eyes, nose and mouth and carry the teeth.

Keeping it well

Mouthguards in sport, seatbelts; a face injury is also an airway and an eye injury until proven otherwise.

Its parts

• Maxilla
• Mandible
• Zygomatic bones
• Nasal bones
• Lacrimal bones
• Palatine bones
• Vomer
• Inferior nasal conchae

Related conditions

• Achondroplasia
• Acromegaly
• Brain abscess
• Dental abscess
• Fractures
• Fragility fracture
• Frailty & falls in older age
• Hyperparathyroidism
• Impacted wisdom teeth
• Osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bone disease)
• Osteomalacia & rickets
• Osteomyelitis (bone infection)
• Osteoporosis
• Paget's disease of bone
• Sarcoma
• Traumatic brain injury (moderate to severe)
• Vitamin B1, C and other deficiencies
• Vitamin D deficiency