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Dental Hygiene Boards Anatomy

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1. Sides of tongue






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






3. Artery to max molars






4. Outer side of the wall of a hollow structure






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






6. A band of fibrous tissue that connects bones






7. 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






8. Large vein on top of heart






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






10. Inside of the mouth






11. Shaded area of lips that is darker than surrounding skin






12. All cranial nerves are ________






13. Artery to tongue






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






15. Mylohyoid nerve






16. 'flight or flight' responses






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






18. Number of cranial bones






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






20. Single bone - forms the forehead and the top of the eye - contains supraorbital notch - location of frontal sinuses






21. Only artery that carries deoxygenated blood - carries it to the lungs






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






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






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






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






26. Type of blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart






27. Structures on the same side of the body






28. Structure closest to lips






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






30. Vomer - lacrimal bones- paired - inferior nasal conchae- paired - zygomatic bones- paired - maxillary bones- paired - mandible






31. Junction between 2 neurons or a neuron and muscle






32. The bone that surrounds the roots of the teeth. It forms the bony sockets that support and protect the roots of the teeth






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






34. Large amounts of blood that escape into the surroudning tissue without clotting - when a blood vessel is seriously injured






35. 3 TMJ Ligaments






36. Secreted into blood; hormones - such as thyroid and pituitary glands






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






38. IV cranial nerve - motor - movement of eyeball






39. Substance which consists of cholesterol (mainly) - calcium - clotting proteins - and other substances that can be found lining arteries






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






41. XI nerve - synergist to Vagus nerve - Motor






42. Number of facial bones






43. Blockage of minor salivary gland - occurs mainly in lip - about the size of a dime - must be removed






44. Section of the body through any frontal plane






45. Connects anterior superior alveolar artery and middle superior alveolar arter to the maxillary artery






46. Watery basis of blood composition






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






48. Padding in between bones






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






50. Zygomatic process of temporal bone - temporal process of zygomatic bone - maxillary process of zygomatic bone - zygomatic process of maxillary bone