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Dental Hygiene Boards Anatomy

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1. Portion of mandible that connects to the TMJ






2. Shaded area of lips that is darker than surrounding skin






3. Paired bones - landmark- infraorbital foramen - has processes with 4 different bones






4. Sides of tongue






5. General term for any prominence on a bony surface






6. Artery to mandible






7. Tubercle or rounded elevation on a bony surface






8. Communication of a blood vessel with another blood vessel by a connecting channel






9. Structures located inward - away from the body surface






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






11. The narrowing and blockage of the arteries by a buildup of plaque






12. Feeds all area of face. connects to external carotid artery






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






14. Paired bones - within the bony part of the nose - lateral portion of the nasal septum






15. Structures located toward the surface of the body






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






17. On Old Olympus Tiny Tops - A Finn And German Viewed Some Hops






18. XII nerve - primarily tongue movement - motor






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






20. 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






21. Paired bones - forms bridge of the nose






22. Lymph node that drains lymph from a primary node






23. Erythrocytes






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






25. Loss of funtion of the 6th cranial nerve

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26. Opening or canal in the bone






27. Buccal Nerve






28. When atherosclerosis occurs in arteries leading to the heart






29. 'rest or digest' responses






30. Cavity within the bone






31. Characteristics that appear on a specific bone






32. Inner side of the wall of a hollow structure






33. Vertical portion of mandible






34. Section of the body through any frontal plane






35. Area that is farther away from the median plane of the body






36. 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






37. 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






38. Both watery and ropey saliva composition combined






39. Point on upper lip where the philtrum terminates






40. Junction between 2 neurons or a neuron and muscle






41. Large vein on top of heart






42. 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






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






44. Structure closest to the palate






45. XI nerve - synergist to Vagus nerve - Motor






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






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






48. Lymph node that drains lymph from a particular region






49. Horizontal portion of mandible






50. Lowering of the lower jaw