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Dental Hygiene Boards Anatomy

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






2. Secreted to specific locations by ducts; salivary and lacrimal glands






3. Cellular component pertaining to nervous system






4. Allows jaw to move forward and backward - occurs between disk and articular eminence in the upper synovial cavity






5. Paired - most posterior part of the hard palate - they fuse together to form hard palate - greater palatine foramen located @ posterior lateral region






6. Under tongue






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






8. 4 bones with processes attaching to maxilla






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






10. Prefix meaning too much






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






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






13. Part of lymphatic system that runs parallel to most veins in the body






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






15. VI cranial nerve - motor - movement of eyeball






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






17. Network of veins that comes together (paired)






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






19. VII nerve - muscles of facial expression - tear glands - salivary glands - sensory and motor






20. Decreased saliva flow






21. 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






22. Loss of funtion of the 6th cranial nerve

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






24. Front area of the body






25. Artery to tongue






26. VIII nerve - hearing and balance - also known as auditory or vestibular cochlear - sensory and motor






27. 4 muscles of mastication






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






30. 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






31. V- trigeminal - VII- facial






32. Structure closest to the palate






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






34. Back of an area of the body






35. All cranial nerves are ________






36. Aiming area for palatal injections






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






38. Loss of muscle actions in muscles of facial expressions






39. Loss of action of the facial muscles






40. Also known as malar bone - forms cheek bone - helps form zygomatic arch - paired






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






42. 2 valves of the heart






43. Muscle of facial expression - origin- encircles the mouth - insertion- angle of mouth - actions: closes lips - pursing lips - rolling lips inward - puckering






44. Number of facial bones






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






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






47. Posterior 1/3 of tongue






48. Ropey saliva composition






49. Forms sockets of teeth






50. Muscle - origin- sphenoid bone - insertion- angle of mandible - medial surface - action- elevates mandible - forms sling with masseter; synergist with masseter