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Dental Hygiene Boards Anatomy

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1. Back of an area of the body






2. Lymph node that drains lymph from a particular region






3. Position in which the body is erect - with arms @ the sides - plams and toes directed forward - and eyes looking forward






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






5. Single bone - only movable bone of face - many landmarks present - largest and strongest bone of face - articulates with temporal bone to form TMJ






6. Triangular area where medial and lateral views of the mandible come together - Provides support for patients with lower partial






7. I cranial nerve - sensory - sense of smell






8. 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






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






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






11. 2 accessory muscles of mastication






12. Area where the bones are joined to each other






13. 2 branches of autonomic nervous system






14. Middle superior alveolar nerve






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






16. Single bone - only movable bone of the face - many landmarks - largest and strongest facial bone - articulates with temporal bone to form TMJ






17. VI cranial nerve - motor - movement of eyeball






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






19. A band of fibrous tissue that connects bones






20. Point on upper lip where the philtrum terminates






21. Allows us to move - usually works in groups - 2 kinds- involuntary and voluntary






22. Prefix meaning too much






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






24. Some Say Marry Money - But My Brother Says - Bad Business - Marry Money






25. Oblique ridge - mental foramen - mandibular canal - alveolar process - mylohyoid grooves - mandibular foramen - lingula retromolar pad






26. Inner side of the wall of a hollow structure






27. Structures closest to the inner cheek






28. Spread of cancer from primary location - once cancer enters lymphatic system - it can enter the blood stream and spread






29. Single bone - forms back of head - landmark- foramen magnum






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






31. Single bone - forms back of head - landmark- foramen magnum - (huge hole in this bone through which the spinal cord passes)






32. Area that faces toward the head of the body - away from the feet






33. Site of a junction or union between two or more bones






34. Back of an area of the body






35. Front area of the body






36. Tiny blood vessel that branches off small artery to supple blood to tissue






37. Resident microorganisms that usually do not cause infections






38. Sides of tongue






39. Area under nose that extends from nasal septum to the top of the lip






40. Muscles used for walking and tirggered by thought






41. Paired - irregular thin plates of bone that forms the medial wall of the orbit - lacrimal glands (tear ducts) present @ the margin of this bone






42. 3rd and largest division of trigeminal nerve - sensory and motor to mandible






43. Also known as malar bone - forms cheek bone - forms zygomatic arch with temporal bone - 4 process form arch - often seen in panoramic and PAX






44. Divides space between bones






45. End of the muscle that is attatched to the more movable structure






46. Foreign material or thrombus traveling in the blood that can block the vessel






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






48. Prominen bridgelike bony structure






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






50. Structures on the opposite side of the body