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Dental Hygiene Boards Anatomy

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1. Feeds all area of face. connects to external carotid artery






2. Paired bones - landmarks- mastoid process - styloid process - zygomatic process - external auditory meatus






3. Largest endocrine glandthyroxine - should be part of extraoral exam- palpate - goiter- inflammed neck - responsible for metabolic rate and temp- control






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5. Fuses with frontal bone facially






6. Largest gland. paired. located in front of ear - outside of skull - under skin and muscle. Stenson's Duct. Serous secretions- 25% of total volume. Responsible for mumps






7. Mineralized structures of the body that protect internal soft tissues and serve as the biomechanical basis for movement






8. Corners of mouth






9. Paired bones - most posterior part of the hard palate - 2 bones fuse together @ the midline to form the hard palate - greater palatine foramen located @ posterior lateral region






10. Forms part of cheekbone with zygomatic arch - often seen in panoramic and periapical films






11. Structures located toward the surface of the body






12. Trauma to a blood vessel






13. A band of fibrous tissue that connects bones






14. II cranial nerve - sensory - sight and visual impluses






15. Provides ventilation to head - lightens skull - drainage - acts as sound resonators - provides mucous for nasal cavity - can be involved with allergies or infection as in primary sinusitis or in tooth infection as in secondary sinusitis






16. Tiny blood vessel that branches off small artery to supple blood to tissue






17. Site of a junction or union between two or more bones






18. Large vein coming in from bottom of the heart






19. Watery basis of blood composition






20. Site for large muscles of the neck to attach






21. The loss of feeling or sensation resulting from the use of certain drugs or gases that seruve as inhibitory neurotransmitters






22. Muscle in the floor of the mouth - attaches to mylohyoid ridge






23. Blood vessel that carries blood to heart - operates by valves






24. 4 muscles of mastication






25. Single bone - forms back of head - landmark- foramen magnum - (huge hole in this bone through which the spinal cord passes)






26. Decreased saliva flow






27. Structures on the opposite side of the body






28. Shifting of the lower jaw to one side






29. Depression and elevation of jaw - occurs between disc and condyle of lower synovial cavity






30. Runs from styloid process of temporal bone to the angle of the mandible - taut when mandible is protruded






31. Characteristics that appear on a specific bone






32. Also known as malar bone - forms cheek bone - helps form zygomatic arch - paired






33. Region of the head where the external ear is a prominent feature






34. Zygomatic process of temporal bone - temporal process of zygomatic bone - maxillary process of zygomatic bone - zygomatic process of maxillary bone






35. Type of unilateral facial paralysis involving the facial nerve

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36. Outer side of the wall of a hollow structure






37. Single bone - midline bone int he cranium - part of nose - lies behind the frontal bone - between the eyes - part of floor of cranial base






38. Posterior superior alveolar nerve






39. Back of an area of the body






40. Large vein on top of heart






41. 2 branches of nervous system






42. Capable of causing disease only when the host's resistance is lowered






43. XII nerve - primarily tongue movement - motor






44. Connects anterior superior alveolar artery and middle superior alveolar arter to the maxillary artery






45. Bringing backward of the lower jaw






46. The bone that surrounds the roots of the teeth. It forms the bony sockets that support and protect the roots of the teeth






47. Normal flora creating an infectious process because the body's defenses are compromised






48. Loss of action of the facial muscles






49. Causes muscles to contract - stimulates glands - allows for sensations to be perceived






50. Muscle - origin- sphenoid bone - insertion- angle of mandible - medial surface - action- elevates mandible - forms sling with masseter; synergist with masseter