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Dental Hygiene Boards Anatomy

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1. Cellular component pertaining to nervous system






2. Characteristics that appear on a specific bone






3. 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






4. Position in which the body is erect - with arms @ the sides - plams and toes directed forward - and eyes looking forward






5. Prefix meaning too much






6. VIII nerve - hearing and balance - also known as auditory or vestibular cochlear - sensory and motor






7. Gasserion ganglion present - 3 divisions feeding eye - maxilla - and mandible






8. Plane created by an imaginary line that divides the body into right and left halves






9. Point on upper lip where the philtrum terminates






10. Mylohyoid nerve






11. Lowering of the lower jaw






12. Rising of the lower jaw






13. Houses/forms sockets of teeth - bone on facial surface is thin - effected by perio dz - resorbs quickly after extraction - forms as deciduous teeth erupt






14. Posterior 1/3 of tongue






15. VII nerve - muscles of facial expression - tear glands - salivary glands - sensory and motor






16. Artery to max premolars






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






18. III cranial nerve - motor - movement of eyeball and dilation of pupils






19. Water saliva composition






20. Paired - irregular thin plates of bone that forms the medial wall of the orbit - lacrimal glands (tear ducts) present @ the margin of this bone






21. Inferior alveolar nerve






22. 1st and smallest division of trigeminal nerve - carries sensory information to brain - sensory for eyeball - cornea - and forehead






23. Structure at the median plane






24. A joint on each side of the ehad that allows for movement of the mandible - speech - and mastication - Location: where condyle of mandible articulates with the zygomatic process of the temporal bone






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






26. Blockage of minor salivary gland - occurs mainly in lip - about the size of a dime - must be removed






27. Dislocation of joints






28. Single bone - forms the forehead and the top of the eye - contains supraorbital notch - location of frontal sinuses






29. The narrowing and blockage of the arteries by a buildup of plaque






30. Structures closest to the facial surface






31. Paired bones - forms bridge of the nose






32. Swelling of lymph nodes :abnormal enlargement' - can be helped with antibiotic






33. General term for any prominence on a bony surface






34. Paired bones - landmark- infraorbital foramen - has processes with 4 different bones






35. Located in the ethmoid bone - cannot be palpated in oral exam






36. Trauma to a blood vessel






37. Huge foramen in occipital bone through which the spinal cord passes






38. Type of body tissue that shortens under neural control - causing soft tissue and bony structures to move






39. Substance which consists of cholesterol (mainly) - calcium - clotting proteins - and other substances that can be found lining arteries






40. Type of lymphatic vessel in which lymph flows into the lymph node






41. Smallest structural unit of living matter capable of functioning independently






42. Tubercle or rounded elevation on a bony surface






43. Lymph node that drains lymph from a primary node






44. Section of the body through any horizontal plane






45. Area used for mental block on lingual and opens into mental foramen






46. Network of veins that comes together (paired)






47. Sensory nerve that carries information from the periphery of the body to the brain or spinal cord






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






49. Artery to cheek






50. All cranial nerves are ________