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Dental Hygiene Boards Anatomy

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1. Provides ventilation to head - lightens skull - drainage - acts as sound resonators - provides mucous for nasal cavity - can be involved with allergies or infection as in primary sinusitis or in tooth infection as in secondary sinusitis






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






3. Bringing backward of the lower jaw






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






5. Anterior 2/3 of tongue






6. Inside of the mouth






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






8. Hollow organ - dual action pump - thick muscular walls - right side pumps to lungs - left side pumps to body






9. Single bone - midline bone int he cranium - part of nose - lies behind the frontal bone - between the eyes - part of floor of cranial base






10. Shifting of the lower jaw to one side






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






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






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






14. Prefix meaning too much






15. Aiming area for palatal injections






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






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






18. Artery to max molars






19. Back of an area of the body






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






21. XII nerve - primarily tongue movement - motor






22. Paired bones - forms upper back side of skull






23. 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






24. Portion of mandible that connects to the TMJ






25. Buccal Nerve






26. 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






27. 4 muscles of mastication






28. V- trigeminal - VII- facial






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






30. Structures located toward the surface of the body






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






32. Area where the bones are joined to each other






33. Biggest artery in body






34. 4 bones with processes attaching to maxilla






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






36. Structure closest to lips






37. Outer side of the wall of a hollow structure






38. Stone formed in glands - cause by minerals in saliva - causes facial swelling with recurrence with little pain - pt placed on antibiotic and sugar-free lemon drops to increase salivary flow - Oral surgeon can remove stone or part of gland if necessar






39. X nerve - vocal cords - heart - respiration - digestion - autonomic nervous system - sensory and motor






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






41. Anterior Superior Alveolar Nerve






42. Infection of the maxillary sinus






43. Structures located inward - away from the body surface






44. Type of lymphatic vessel in which lymph flows out of the lymph node in the area of the node's hilus






45. Lymph node that drains lymph from a particular region






46. Causes muscles to contract - stimulates glands - allows for sensations to be perceived






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






48. Huge foramen in occipital bone through which the spinal cord passes






49. Fuses with frontal bone facially






50. Structures closest to the tongue