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Dental Hygiene Boards Anatomy

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1. Number of bones in the skull






2. Depression on one side of a lymph node where lymph flows out by way of an efferent lymphatic vessel






3. Triangular area where medial and lateral views of the mandible come together - Provides support for patients with lower partial






4. Drains everything from head and neck area to the heart






5. Allows us to move - usually works in groups - 2 kinds- involuntary and voluntary






6. IV cranial nerve - motor - movement of eyeball






7. Attaches several muscles to mandible






8. Tube through which sound waves are transmitted to the middlbe ear within the skull






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






10. Main portion of the anterior border of ramus






11. Forms sockets of teeth






12. Carries infor from the periphery of the body to brain or spinal cord






13. Innervates to the maxilla by the second branch and the mandible by the third branch - have sensory - motor - and intermediate roots that attach directly to the brain - responsible for the sensory sensibility of most of the skin of the front part of t






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






15. Paired glands lcoated inside the medial angle of mandible - walnut sized - Wharton's Duct - Mixed salivary compostion- 60-65% - Empties behind mandibular anterior teeth






16. Cellular component pertaining to nervous system






17. Mono- - lymph- - leukocytes; varying types






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






19. Oblique ridge - mental foramen - mandibular canal - alveolar process - mylohyoid grooves - mandibular foramen - lingula retromolar pad






20. Structures closest to the inner cheek






21. 'rest or digest' responses






22. V- trigeminal - VII- facial






23. Shifting of the lower jaw to one side






24. Area under nose that extends from nasal septum to the top of the lip






25. Paired bones - irregular thin plates of bone that forms the medial wall of the orbit (eye) - lacrimal (tear duct) glands are present @ the margin of these bones






26. Top posterior of tongue






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






28. Point on upper lip where the philtrum terminates






29. Under tongue






30. Type of injection that anesthetizes a small area- one or two teeth and associated structures- when the local anesthetic agent is deposited near nerminal nerve endings






31. Towards the crown of a tooth






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






33. Outer side of the wall of a hollow structure






34. A virus - microorganism - or other substance that causes dz






35. Large vein on top of heart






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






37. Area that faces away from the head and toward the feet of the body






38. Bacteria traveling within the vascular system






39. 3rd and largest division of trigeminal nerve - sensory and motor to mandible






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






41. Area that is closer to the median plane of the body or structure






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






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






44. Pointed end of a conical structure






45. Inferior alveolar nerve






46. Ropey saliva composition






47. Section of the body through any frontal plane






48. Hollow organ - dual action pump - thick muscular walls - right side pumps to lungs - left side pumps to body






49. Horizontal portion of mandible






50. Area where the bones are joined to each other