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Dental Hygiene Boards Anatomy
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1. Cellular component pertaining to nervous system
Trigeminal Nerve
Neuron
buccinator
maxillary sinusitis
2. Characteristics that appear on a specific bone
anesthesia
landmarks
vomer
nerve
3. 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
lateral
ramus
sympathetic nervous system
palatine bones
4. Position in which the body is erect - with arms @ the sides - plams and toes directed forward - and eyes looking forward
vomer
lymphatic system
Acoustic nerve
anatomical postition
5. Prefix meaning too much
hyper
Facial nerve
innervation
Trigeminal Nerve
6. VIII nerve - hearing and balance - also known as auditory or vestibular cochlear - sensory and motor
maxillary sinuses
8
inferior
Acoustic nerve
7. Gasserion ganglion present - 3 divisions feeding eye - maxilla - and mandible
Palatine process of the maxilla
masseter - temporal - medial pterygoid - lateral pterygoid
Trigeminal Nerve
Abducen's Nerve Paralysis
8. Plane created by an imaginary line that divides the body into right and left halves
metastasis
median plane
cells
ventral
9. Point on upper lip where the philtrum terminates
retraction of the mandible
Abducen's Nerve Paralysis
tubercle
Paired
10. Mylohyoid nerve
suture
Nerve for Floor of the mouth
facial paralysis
hematoma
11. Lowering of the lower jaw
sensory and motor
anastomose
arch
depression of the mandible
12. Rising of the lower jaw
palatal
elevation of the mandible
opportunistic infections
hyper
13. Houses/forms sockets of teeth - bone on facial surface is thin - effected by perio dz - resorbs quickly after extraction - forms as deciduous teeth erupt
pathogen
alvoelar process of the maxilla
mitral valve prolapse
mandible
14. Posterior 1/3 of tongue
alveolar - zygomatic - frontal - palatine
involuntary muscle
base
abducens nerve
15. VII nerve - muscles of facial expression - tear glands - salivary glands - sensory and motor
Bell's Palsy
deep
Facial nerve
apex
16. Artery to max premolars
body
coronoid process
middle superior alveolar artery
afferent nerve
17. Capable of causing disease only when the host's resistance is lowered
opportunisitic pathogen
4 processes of zygomatic arch
lymphadenopathy
valves
18. III cranial nerve - motor - movement of eyeball and dilation of pupils
gliding movement of TMJ
trochlear nerve
oculomotor nerve
mandible
19. Water saliva composition
serous
sensory/afferent vessels
temporal bone
labial
20. Paired - irregular thin plates of bone that forms the medial wall of the orbit - lacrimal glands (tear ducts) present @ the margin of this bone
hyper
dorsal
angle
lacrimal bones
21. Inferior alveolar nerve
Nerve for mandible
Nerve for Posterior upper molars
zygomatic bone
cells
22. 1st and smallest division of trigeminal nerve - carries sensory information to brain - sensory for eyeball - cornea - and forehead
deep
opthalmic (V1) nerve
zygomatic bones
cleft palate
23. Structure at the median plane
14
superficial
median
external acousitc meatus
24. 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
frontal sinuses
alveolar bone
temporomandibule joint
alveolar bone proper
25. Paired bones - landmarks- mastoid process - styloid process - zygomatic process - external auditory meatus
common carotid artery
mitral and tricuspid
temporal bone
Trigeminal Nerve
26. Blockage of minor salivary gland - occurs mainly in lip - about the size of a dime - must be removed
orbicularis oris
mucocele
vermillion zone
external acousitc meatus
27. Dislocation of joints
mylohyoid muscle
subluxation
red blood cells
infraorbital region
28. Single bone - forms the forehead and the top of the eye - contains supraorbital notch - location of frontal sinuses
frontal bone
nasal bones
Heart
maxilla
29. The narrowing and blockage of the arteries by a buildup of plaque
red blood cells
inferior vena cava
articular disc
atherosclerosis
30. Structures closest to the facial surface
Cranial Nerve; sensory /motor
lingual
facial
submandibular gland
31. Paired bones - forms bridge of the nose
neurotransmitter
ventral
nasal bones
parietal bone
32. Swelling of lymph nodes :abnormal enlargement' - can be helped with antibiotic
articulation
temporomandibular disorder
Nerve for Floor of the mouth
lymphadenopathy
33. General term for any prominence on a bony surface
deep
ethmoid sinuses
process
Surfaces and Sutures
34. Paired bones - landmark- infraorbital foramen - has processes with 4 different bones
medial pterygoid muscle
capillary
maxilla
parietal bones
35. Located in the ethmoid bone - cannot be palpated in oral exam
ethmoid sinuses
tubercle
vomer
lateral
36. Trauma to a blood vessel
retromolar pad
hilus
hematoma
lymphatic vessels
37. Huge foramen in occipital bone through which the spinal cord passes
Central nervous system
infraorbital artery
foramen magnum
abducens nerve
38. Type of body tissue that shortens under neural control - causing soft tissue and bony structures to move
muscle
Paired
orbicularis oris
lingual artery
39. Substance which consists of cholesterol (mainly) - calcium - clotting proteins - and other substances that can be found lining arteries
deep
plaque
temporal bone
heart
40. Type of lymphatic vessel in which lymph flows into the lymph node
afferent vessel
temporomandibular disorder
parotid gland
vermillion border
41. Smallest structural unit of living matter capable of functioning independently
parietal bones
mixed
cells
posterior superior alveolar artery
42. Tubercle or rounded elevation on a bony surface
eminence
lateral
oral cavity
primary node
43. Lymph node that drains lymph from a primary node
afferent vessel
secondary node
embolus/emboli
sphenomandibular ligament
44. Section of the body through any horizontal plane
median
Neuron
transverse section
plaque
45. Area used for mental block on lingual and opens into mental foramen
Neuron
frontal sinuses
22
mandibular canal
46. Network of veins that comes together (paired)
scalp
plexus
nervous system
body
47. Sensory nerve that carries information from the periphery of the body to the brain or spinal cord
efferent (motor)
anastomosis
afferent nerve
Spinal Accessory nerve
48. Site of a junction or union between two or more bones
joint
ventral
valves
ethmoid
49. Artery to cheek
facial artery
sensory/afferent vessels
2 cranial nerves controlling tongue
bones
50. All cranial nerves are ________
masseter - temporal - medial pterygoid - lateral pterygoid
4 processes of zygomatic arch
Paired
alvoelar process of the maxilla