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Dental Hygiene Boards Anatomy

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1. Shifting of the lower jaw to one side






2. Paired bones - landmarks- mastoid process - styloid process - zygomatic process - external auditory meatus






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






4. Several arteries branch directly off the aorta to feed the _____________






5. Number of facial bones






6. Bacteria traveling within the vascular system






7. Section of the body through any horizontal plane






8. Type of injection that anesthetizes a larger area than local infiltration because the local anesthetic agen is deposited near large nerve trunks






9. Mono- - lymph- - leukocytes; varying types






10. 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






11. V cranial nerve - sensory and motor - supplies most oral features and facial muscles - teeth - tongue - palate






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






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






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






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






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






17. Front area of the body






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






19. Not part of TMJ - but rather on the medial side of the mandible - Attaches @ spine of sphenoid bone to the lingual of the mandibular foramen - becomes taut when mandible is protruded






20. VI cranial nerve - motor - movement of eyeball






21. Joint located inferior to the zygomatic arch and just anterior to the ear - where upper skull forms a joint with the lower jaw






22. Structures located toward the surface of the body






23. Infection of the maxillary sinus






24. Inner side of the wall of a hollow structure






25. Huge foramen in occipital bone through which the spinal cord passes






26. Decreased saliva flow






27. Paired bones - forms upper back side of skull






28. All cranial nerves are ________






29. Structures located inward - away from the body surface






30. Cellular component pertaining to nervous system






31. Protect - support - basis for movement - consideration in spread of dental infections






32. 2 accessory muscles of mastication






33. Sides of tongue






34. Bundle of neurons






35. Paired bones - landmark- infraorbital foramen - has processes with 4 different bones






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






37. Back of an area of the body






38. 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






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






40. Bringing backward of the lower jaw






41. Tip of tongue






42. Front area of the body






43. When atherosclerosis occurs in arteries leading to the heart






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






45. Any plane of the body created by an imaginary plane parallel with the median plane






46. Area that is farther away from the median plane of the body or structure






47. Occipital - frontal - parietal-paired - temporal- paired - sphenoid - ethmoid






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






49. Oblique ridge - mental foramen - mandibular canal - alveolar process - mylohyoid grooves - mandibular foramen - lingula retromolar pad






50. Ropey saliva composition