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Dental Hygiene Boards Anatomy

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1. Mucole that appear in floor of mouth of major salivary glands






2. 4 bones with processes attaching to maxilla






3. Muscles used for walking and tirggered by thought






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






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






6. Tubercle or rounded elevation on a bony surface






7. XII nerve - primarily tongue movement - motor






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






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






10. Important part of blood composition for clotting






11. 2 branches of nervous system






12. When the valve connection the left ventricle and left atrium is leaking






13. 1st and smallest division of trigeminal nerve - carries sensory information to brain - sensory for eyeball - cornea - and forehead






14. Prominen bridgelike bony structure






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






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






17. Paired bones - forms upper back side of skull






18. Bringing forward of the lower jaw






19. Opening or canal in the bone






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






21. Network of veins that comes together (paired)






22. Artery to mandible






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






24. Cavity within the bone






25. Structures on the same side of the body






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






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






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






29. Area where the bones are joined to each other






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






31. Buccal Nerve






32. Pointed end of a conical structure






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






34. Muscle in the floor of the mouth - attaches to mylohyoid ridge






35. Dislocation of joints






36. Runs from styloid process of temporal bone to the angle of the mandible - taut when mandible is protruded






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






38. Single bone - only movable bone of face - many landmarks present - largest and strongest bone of face - articulates with temporal bone to form TMJ






39. Paired - forms bridge of nose






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






41. Aiming area for palatal injections






42. Characteristics that appear on a specific bone






43. Network of blood vessels - usually veins






44. Section of the body through any horizontal plane






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






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






47. Large vein on top of heart






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






49. Section of the body through any frontal plane






50. Short canal leading to the tympanic cavity