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Dental Hygiene Boards Anatomy

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






2. Region of the head that is lateral to the infraorbital region - overlies zygomatic arch (cheek bone)






3. Type of body tissue that shortens under neural control - causing soft tissue and bony structures to move






4. Structures on the same side of the body






5. Forms sockets of teeth






6. Pair bones Landmarks- Infraorbital foramen Processes- alveolar - zygomatic - frontal - and palatine






7. Rising of the lower jaw






8. Back of an area of the body






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






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






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






12. Posterior 1/3 of tongue






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






14. Blood vessel that carries blood to heart - operates by valves






15. Junction between 2 neurons or a neuron and muscle






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






17. 2 branches of nervous system






18. When atherosclerosis occurs in arteries leading to the heart






19. Prefix meaning too much






20. Structure at the median plane






21. Type of blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart






22. Paired glands lcoated inside the medial angle of mandible - walnut sized - Wharton's Duct - Mixed salivary compostion- 60-65% - Empties behind mandibular anterior teeth






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






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






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






26. Inferior alveolar nerve






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






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






29. Artery to #6-11






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






31. Short canal leading to the tympanic cavity






32. Connects to common carotid arter






33. Houses/forms sockets of teeth - bone on facial surface is thin - effected by perio dz - resorbs quickly after extraction - forms as deciduous teeth erupt






34. Smallest structural unit of living matter capable of functioning independently






35. Artery to max premolars






36. Region of the head located inferior to the orbial region and lateral to the nasal region






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






38. Artery to mandible






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






40. Type of injection that anesthetizes a small area- one or two teeth and associated structures- when the local anesthetic agent is deposited near nerminal nerve endings






41. Carries messages to the brain and carries messages from brain part of central nervous system






42. 'flight or flight' responses






43. 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






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






45. Watery basis of blood composition






46. 3 TMJ Ligaments






47. I cranial nerve - sensory - sense of smell






48. On Old Olympus Tiny Tops - A Finn And German Viewed Some Hops






49. Towards the crown of a tooth






50. Middle superior alveolar nerve