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Dental Hygiene Boards Anatomy

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1. Structures closest to the inner cheek






2. Capable of causing disease only when the host's resistance is lowered






3. Paired - forms bridge of nose






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






5. Lingual Nerve






6. Inner side of the wall of a hollow structure






7. Network of blood vessels - usually veins






8. Artery to cheek






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






10. Largest gland. paired. located in front of ear - outside of skull - under skin and muscle. Stenson's Duct. Serous secretions- 25% of total volume. Responsible for mumps






11. Section of the body through any frontal plane






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






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






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






15. Carries info away from brain/spinal cord to the body - (info from brain)






16. 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






17. Connects to common carotid arter






18. IX-Glossopharyngeal - XII- Hypoglossal






19. VII nerve - muscles of facial expression - tear glands - salivary glands - sensory and motor






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






21. Artery to #6-11






22. 1st and smallest division of trigeminal nerve - carries sensory information to brain - sensory for eyeball - cornea - and forehead






23. Posterior superior alveolar nerve






24. 'flight or flight' responses






25. Decreased saliva flow






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






27. XII nerve - primarily tongue movement - motor






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






29. Single bone - also known as nasal septum - forms midline of nose - not important to oral cavity - forms inferior portion of nasal septum






30. Paired bones - most posterior part of the hard palate - 2 bones fuse together @ the midline to form the hard palate - greater palatine foramen located @ posterior lateral region






31. All cranial nerves are ________






32. 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






33. 2 branches of peripheral nervous system






34. IX nerve - primarily sens of taste - sensory and motor






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






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






37. Lowering of the lower jaw






38. Structures located inward - away from the body surface






39. 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)






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






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






42. 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






43. Large vein coming in from bottom of the heart






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






45. Loss of funtion of the 6th cranial nerve

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46. Erythrocytes






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






48. Connects to aorta






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






50. Watery basis of blood composition