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Dental Hygiene Boards Anatomy

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1. Bacteria traveling within the vascular system






2. Characteristics that appear on a specific bone






3. Padding in between bones






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






5. Structures on the same side of the body






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






7. Structures located inward - away from the body surface






8. Resident microorganisms that usually do not cause infections






9. Paired bones - forms upper back side of skull






10. Paired bones - forms upper back side of skull






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






12. Muscles used for walking and tirggered by thought






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






14. Sides of tongue






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






16. A band of fibrous tissue that connects bones






17. Structures closest to the tongue






18. Structure at the median plane






19. 2 branches of nervous system






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






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






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






23. Artery to tongue






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






25. Both watery and ropey saliva composition combined






26. Middle superior alveolar nerve






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






28. Sinuses located in sphenoid bone - cannot be palpated in oral exam






29. Artery to max premolars






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






31. Plane created by an imaginary line that divides the body at any level into anterior and posterior portions






32. 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






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






34. Muscle in the floor of the mouth - attaches to mylohyoid ridge






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






36. Front area of the body






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






38. Loss of action of the facial muscles






39. Number of bones in the skull






40. Anterior Superior Alveolar Nerve






41. Paired bones - forms bridge of the nose






42. 2 branches of peripheral nervous system






43. 2 valves of the heart






44. 3rd and largest division of trigeminal nerve - sensory and motor to mandible






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






46. Mucole that appear in floor of mouth of major salivary glands






47. Inside of the mouth






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






49. Mineralized structures of the body that protect internal soft tissues and serve as the biomechanical basis for movement






50. Connects to aorta