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Dental Hygiene Boards Anatomy

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1. 3 TMJ Ligaments






2. Begins process of breaking food down into simple sugars in saliva






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






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






5. Also called a meniscus - attached to condyle on medial and lateral poles - shape conforms with shape of adjacent articulating bones - completely divides TMJ into 2 compartments - can be wrinking - torn - hardened - or detached on one end






6. Foreign material or thrombus traveling in the blood that can block the vessel






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






8. Spread of cancer from primary location - once cancer enters lymphatic system - it can enter the blood stream and spread






9. Loss of funtion of the 6th cranial nerve

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






11. 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






12. Number of facial bones






13. The narrowing and blockage of the arteries by a buildup of plaque






14. Hollow organ - dual action pump - thick muscular walls - right side pumps to lungs - left side pumps to body






15. Artery to tongue






16. Section of the body through the median plane






17. Prefix meaning too much






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






19. Short canal leading to the tympanic cavity






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






21. Inferior alveolar nerve






22. Single bone - forms the forehead and top of the eye - has supraorbital notch






23. Artery to cheek






24. Only vein that carries oxygenated blood






25. Posterior superior alveolar nerve






26. Like a projection; an irregularly shaped extension named for where it is going






27. Structures on the opposite side of the body






28. Artery to max premolars






29. IX-Glossopharyngeal - XII- Hypoglossal






30. Junction between 2 neurons or a neuron and muscle






31. Artery to mandible






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






33. Decreased saliva flow






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






35. 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






36. Secreted to specific locations by ducts; salivary and lacrimal glands






37. Muscle of facial expression - helps mastication by keeping food on the chewing surface - cheek muscle






38. Paired - forms bridge of nose






39. Innervates to the maxilla by the second branch and the mandible by the third branch - have sensory - motor - and intermediate roots that attach directly to the brain - responsible for the sensory sensibility of most of the skin of the front part of t






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






41. Trauma to a blood vessel






42. IV cranial nerve - motor - movement of eyeball






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






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






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






46. When atherosclerosis occurs in arteries leading to the heart






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






48. Carries messages to the brain and carries messages from brain part of central nervous system






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






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