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Dental Hygiene Boards Anatomy

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1. Structures closest to the inner cheek






2. Point on upper lip where the philtrum terminates






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






4. Back of an area of the body






5. Lymph node that drains lymph from a particular region






6. Attaches several muscles to mandible






7. Characteristics that appear on a specific bone






8. Mono- - lymph- - leukocytes; varying types






9. A band of fibrous tissue that connects bones






10. Loss of funtion of the 6th cranial nerve

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11. Artery to max premolars






12. Section of the body through any horizontal plane






13. Abnormal sensation from an area such as burning or prickling






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






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






16. Portion of mandible that connects to the TMJ






17. Paired - forms bridge of nose






18. II cranial nerve - sensory - sight and visual impluses






19. 3rd and largest division of trigeminal nerve - sensory and motor to mandible






20. 2 accessory muscles of mastication






21. Structures located inward - away from the body surface






22. Plane created by an imaginary line that divides the body @ any level into superior and inferior portions






23. Number of bones in the skull






24. Depression and elevation of jaw - occurs between disc and condyle of lower synovial cavity






25. Cavity within the bone






26. Largest of paranasal sinuses - paired - located within the maxilla - Significant to dentistry with max post exts-perforation - max sinus infections - implant placements/sinus lifts - and with air travel- with infection - descension is painful






27. Singe bone - bat-shaped - forms anterior base of skull - many foramen and processes - landmark- greater wing of sphenoid






28. 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






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






30. Both watery and ropey saliva composition combined






31. Type of injection that anesthetizes a larger area than local infiltration because the local anesthetic agen is deposited near large nerve trunks






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






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






34. Prefix meaning too much






35. Structures closest to the tongue






36. Nerve supply to the periodontium






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






38. Anterior Superior Alveolar Nerve






39. Muscles used for walking and tirggered by thought






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






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






42. A virus - microorganism - or other substance that causes dz






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






44. Erythrocytes






45. V- trigeminal - VII- facial






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






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






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






49. 4 muscles of mastication






50. Tubercle or rounded elevation on a bony surface