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Dental Hygiene Boards Anatomy

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






2. IX-Glossopharyngeal - XII- Hypoglossal






3. V cranial nerve - sensory and motor - supplies most oral features and facial muscles - teeth - tongue - palate






4. Area that is farther away from the median plane of the body or structure






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






6. Forms hard palate - fuses in teh middle at suture line - If fusion doesn't occur - cleft palate forms






7. Paired bones - forms upper back side of skull






8. Protect - support - basis for movement - consideration in spread of dental infections






9. Network of veins that comes together (paired)






10. Sides of tongue






11. Lingual Nerve






12. Normal flora creating an infectious process because the body's defenses are compromised






13. Section of the body through any horizontal plane






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






15. A band of fibrous tissue that connects bones






16. Muscle - origin- several different places on sphenoid - insertion- condyle - near TMJ - action- protrudes and lateral deviation of mandible - fibers run horizontally






17. Large vein on top of heart






18. Depression and elevation of jaw - occurs between disc and condyle of lower synovial cavity






19. Only artery that carries deoxygenated blood - carries it to the lungs






20. Large amounts of blood that escape into the surroudning tissue without clotting - when a blood vessel is seriously injured






21. Occipital - frontal - parietal-paired - temporal- paired - sphenoid - ethmoid






22. Middle superior alveolar nerve






23. Structures on the same side of the body






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. Drains everything from head and neck area to the heart






26. Inner side of the wall of a hollow structure






27. Site for large muscles of the neck to attach






28. Back of an area of the body






29. Connects to aorta






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






31. Paired glands located in the anterior floor of mouth under the tongue - smallest gland with many ducts - mixed salivay composition - but predominantly mucous- 10% volume






32. Under tongue






33. Loss of action of the facial muscles






34. Area closer to the median plane of the body






35. Plane created by an imaginary line that divides the body @ any level into superior and inferior portions






36. Inside of the mouth






37. Paired bones - forms upper back side of skull






38. Erythrocytes






39. 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






40. Lymph node that drains lymph from a primary node






41. Water saliva composition






42. Structure closest to the palate






43. Forms sockets of teeth






44. Like a projection; an irregularly shaped extension named for where it is going






45. Cavity within the bone






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






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






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






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






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