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Dental Hygiene Boards Anatomy

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1. 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






2. Bruise that results when a blood vessel is injured and a small amount of blood escapes into the surrounding tissue and clots






3. Layers of soft tissue overlying the bones of the brain case






4. Posterior superior alveolar nerve






5. Area that is farther away from the median plane of the body






6. Artery to tongue






7. Area that faces toward the head of the body - away from the feet






8. Plane created by an imaginary line that divides the body into right and left halves






9. Drains everything from head and neck area to the heart






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






11. Control center - one of the major divisions of nervous system - composed of brain and spinal cord - surrounded by skull and spinal vertebrae for protection






12. Feeds all area of face. connects to external carotid artery






13. Part of lymphatic system that runs parallel to most veins in the body






14. A band of fibrous tissue that connects bones






15. When atherosclerosis occurs in arteries leading to the heart






16. Point on upper lip where the philtrum terminates






17. 3 TMJ Ligaments






18. Cellular component pertaining to nervous system






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






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






21. 2 branches of peripheral nervous system






22. Bundle of neurons






23. 2 branches of autonomic nervous system






24. Paired bones - forms upper back side of skull






25. Loss of muscle actions in muscles of facial expressions






26. Blood vessel that carries blood away from heart - has muscles on inside of walls






27. Structure closest to the palate






28. 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






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






30. Number of cranial bones






31. Area used for mental block on lingual and opens into mental foramen






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






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






34. Generally immovable articulation in Which bones are joined by fibrous tissue






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






36. Structure closest to lips






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






38. Pointed end of a conical structure






39. Also known as cribriform plate - thin layer of bone that lines the socket to surround the root of the tooth






40. Area that faces away from the head and toward the feet of the body






41. Depression on one side of a lymph node where lymph flows out by way of an efferent lymphatic vessel






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






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






44. Section of the body through any frontal plane






45. Divides space between bones






46. End of the muscle that is attatched to the more movable structure






47. Resident microorganisms that usually do not cause infections






48. Structures closest to the facial surface






49. Type of lymphatic vessel in which lymph flows into the lymph node






50. 3rd and largest division of trigeminal nerve - sensory and motor to mandible