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Dental Hygiene Boards Anatomy

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1. XI nerve - synergist to Vagus nerve - Motor






2. Transition zone betweek skin and vermillion zone






3. Biggest artery in body






4. Foreign material or thrombus traveling in the blood that can block the vessel






5. Back of an area of the body






6. Posterior superior alveolar nerve






7. Junction between 2 neurons or a neuron and muscle






8. Begins process of breaking food down into simple sugars in saliva






9. To join together; in the periodontium - a complex system of blood vessels supplies blood to the periodontal tissues






10. 3rd and largest division of trigeminal nerve - sensory and motor to mandible






11. Control center - one of the major divisions of nervous system - composed of brain and spinal cord - surrounded by skull and spinal vertebrae for protection






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






13. Shuts down communication of nerves and neurons by blocking the chemicals from entering at the synapses






14. 2 valves of the heart






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






16. When the valve connection the left ventricle and left atrium is leaking






17. Type of blood vessel that travels to the heart - carrying blood






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






19. General term for any prominence on a bony surface






20. Plane created by an imaginary line that divides the body at any level into anterior and posterior portions






21. Filters toxins and other foreign bodies out of body - typically green in diagrams - has valve system similar to veins






22. Pair bones Landmarks- Infraorbital foramen Processes- alveolar - zygomatic - frontal - and palatine






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






24. Single bone - forms the forehead and top of the eye - has supraorbital notch






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






26. 'flight or flight' responses






27. Posterior 1/3 of tongue






28. Results from incomplete fusion of the maxillary bones at palatine process - open area that can involve from no teeth to involving teeth - palate - lip - and nasal - can involve pedodontist - oral surgeon - and pediatrician some appliances may be need






29. Water saliva composition






30. Carries info away from brain/spinal cord to the body - (info from brain)






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






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






33. Vomer - lacrimal bones- paired - inferior nasal conchae- paired - zygomatic bones- paired - maxillary bones- paired - mandible






34. Paired bones withing the body part of the nose - lateral portion of nasal septum






35. There are no ________ in the veins of the head and neck - which makes infection very easy to spread and to linger in an area






36. All cranial nerves are ________






37. Sides of tongue






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






39. Structures on the opposite side of the body






40. Area where the bones are joined to each other






41. 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






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






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






44. Number of cranial bones






45. Middle superior alveolar nerve






46. Portion of mandible that connects to the TMJ






47. Single bone - only movable bone of the face - many landmarks - largest and strongest facial bone - articulates with temporal bone to form TMJ






48. 2 accessory muscles of mastication






49. Aiming area for palatal injections






50. Anterior 2/3 of tongue