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Dental Hygiene Boards Anatomy

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1. When atherosclerosis occurs in arteries leading to the heart






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






3. XII nerve - primarily tongue movement - motor






4. Cervical muscles - muscles of facial expression - muscles of mastication - muscles of tongue - muscles of the pharynx - muscles of the hyoid - muscles of the soft palate






5. Loss of action of the facial muscles






6. Movement accomplished by a muscle when the muscle fibers contract






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






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






9. Mucole that appear in floor of mouth of major salivary glands






10. Attaches several muscles to mandible






11. Type of unilateral facial paralysis involving the facial nerve

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12. Trauma to a blood vessel






13. Top posterior of tongue






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






15. Water saliva composition






16. Transition zone betweek skin and vermillion zone






17. Posterior superior alveolar nerve






18. Dislocation of joints






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






20. IV cranial nerve - motor - movement of eyeball






21. Anterior 2/3 of tongue






22. Smaller blood vessel that branches off an arteriole to supply blood directly to tissue






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






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






25. Accumulation of neuron cell bodies outside the central nervous system






26. Network of blood vessels - usually veins






27. Under tongue






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






29. Back of an area of the body






30. Infection of the maxillary sinus






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






32. Divides space between bones






33. Blood vessel that carries blood away from heart - has muscles on inside of walls






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






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






36. Aiming area for palatal injections






37. Large vein on top of heart






38. Padding in between bones






39. Articular fossa - articular eminence - condyle - articular disc - synovial fluid






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






41. Smaller vein that drains the capillaries in the tissue area






42. Area that faces toward the head of the body - away from the feet






43. Abnormal sensation from an area such as burning or prickling






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






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






46. Cellular component pertaining to nervous system






47. Region of the head that is lateral to the infraorbital region - overlies zygomatic arch (cheek bone)






48. Junction between 2 neurons or a neuron and muscle






49. Chemical agen that is discharged to cause action of a muscle






50. Ropey saliva composition