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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. Attaches several muscles to mandible






3. Structures closest to the facial surface






4. Loss of action of the facial muscles






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






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






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






8. Tubercle or rounded elevation on a bony surface






9. Connects to aorta






10. Towards the crown of a tooth






11. Cervical muscles - muscles of facial expression - muscles of mastication - muscles of tongue - muscles of the pharynx - muscles of the hyoid - muscles of the soft palate






12. Vomer - lacrimal bones- paired - inferior nasal conchae- paired - zygomatic bones- paired - maxillary bones- paired - mandible






13. Paired bones withing the body part of the nose - lateral portion of nasal septum






14. Zygomatic process of temporal bone - temporal process of zygomatic bone - maxillary process of zygomatic bone - zygomatic process of maxillary bone






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






16. Artery to cheek






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






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






19. A band of fibrous tissue that connects bones






20. Lowering of the lower jaw






21. XI nerve - synergist to Vagus nerve - Motor






22. Infection of the maxillary sinus






23. Muscles used for walking and tirggered by thought






24. Swelling of lymph nodes :abnormal enlargement' - can be helped with antibiotic






25. Number of facial bones






26. Large amounts of blood that escape into the surroudning tissue without clotting - when a blood vessel is seriously injured






27. Forms part of cheekbone with zygomatic arch - often seen in panoramic and periapical films






28. Decreased saliva flow






29. Inside of the mouth






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






31. Also known as trigeminal ganglion - Where the 3 division of trigeminal nerve meet






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






33. Allows jaw to move forward and backward - occurs between disk and articular eminence in the upper synovial cavity






34. Ropey saliva composition






35. Lymph node that drains lymph from a particular region






36. 2 branches of nervous system






37. Shifting of the lower jaw to one side






38. Structures located toward the surface of the body






39. Number of cranial bones






40. Fuses with frontal bone facially






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






42. Communication of a blood vessel with another blood vessel by a connecting channel






43. 2nd division of trigeminal nerve - sensory to maxilla and surrounding tissues - suicide nerve- can effect women 40+ years old on right side and causes excruciating pain (also called Tie Douleureaux or Trigeminal Neuralgia)






44. Bacteria traveling within the vascular system






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






46. Located in the ethmoid bone - cannot be palpated in oral exam






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






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






49. V- trigeminal - VII- facial






50. Characteristics that appear on a specific bone