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Dental Hygiene Boards Anatomy

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1. V- trigeminal - VII- facial






2. Towards the crown of a tooth






3. Structure closest to the palate






4. Forms sockets of teeth






5. Artery to #6-11






6. Area where the bones are joined to each other






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






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






9. Site for large muscles of the neck to attach






10. Bacteria traveling within the vascular system






11. Single bone - also known as nasal septum - forms midline of nose - not important to oral cavity - forms inferior portion of nasal septum






12. 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






13. Muscle of facial expression - helps mastication by keeping food on the chewing surface - cheek muscle






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






15. Muscle auto-responses from body - ex: breathing - digestion - heartbeat - eyes






16. Cellular component pertaining to nervous system






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






18. 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






19. 3 TMJ Ligaments






20. 'rest or digest' responses






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






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






23. Middle superior alveolar nerve






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






25. Layers of soft tissue overlying the bones of the brain case






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






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






28. Loss of action of the facial muscles






29. Section of the body through any frontal plane






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






31. Transition zone betweek skin and vermillion zone






32. 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






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






34. IX-Glossopharyngeal - XII- Hypoglossal






35. Type of unilateral facial paralysis involving the facial nerve

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36. TMJ Located lateral side of each joint forms a reinforcement of the capsule of the TMJ - Prevents excessive retraction of the mandible






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






38. Structures closest to the inner cheek






39. When atherosclerosis occurs in arteries leading to the heart






40. IX nerve - primarily sens of taste - sensory and motor






41. Divides space between bones






42. Large vein on top of heart






43. Type of injection that anesthetizes a larger area than local infiltration because the local anesthetic agen is deposited near large nerve trunks






44. Structures on the same side of the body






45. Watery basis of blood composition






46. 2 accessory muscles of mastication






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






48. Muscles used for walking and tirggered by thought






49. Also called a meniscus - attached to condyle on medial and lateral poles - shape conforms with shape of adjacent articulating bones - completely divides TMJ into 2 compartments - can be wrinking - torn - hardened - or detached on one end






50. Bundle of neurons