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Dental Hygiene Boards Anatomy

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






2. Bundle of neurons






3. Blood vessel that carries blood to heart - operates by valves






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






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






6. Region of the head located inferior to the orbial region and lateral to the nasal region






7. Paired glands located in the anterior floor of mouth under the tongue - smallest gland with many ducts - mixed salivay composition - but predominantly mucous- 10% volume






8. All cranial nerves are ________






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






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






11. Forms part of cheekbone with zygomatic arch - often seen in panoramic and periapical films






12. 2 branches of nervous system






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






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






15. Bringing forward of the lower jaw






16. 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






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






18. Artery to mandible






19. Single bone - forms back of head - landmark- foramen magnum






20. Mylohyoid nerve






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






22. Outer side of the wall of a hollow structure






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






24. Paired bones - forms upper back side of skull






25. Network of blood vessels - usually veins






26. Plane created by an imaginary line that divides the body at any level into anterior and posterior portions






27. Network of veins that comes together (paired)






28. On Old Olympus Tiny Tops - A Finn And German Viewed Some Hops






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






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






31. Paired bones withing the body part of the nose - lateral portion of nasal septum






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






33. Dislocation of joints






34. Shuts down communication of nerves and neurons by blocking the chemicals from entering at the synapses






35. Structures closest to the facial surface






36. A joint on each side of the ehad that allows for movement of the mandible - speech - and mastication - Location: where condyle of mandible articulates with the zygomatic process of the temporal bone






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






38. Muscle - origin- sphenoid bone - insertion- angle of mandible - medial surface - action- elevates mandible - forms sling with masseter; synergist with masseter






39. Tube through which sound waves are transmitted to the middlbe ear within the skull






40. Bringing backward of the lower jaw






41. Depression and elevation of jaw - occurs between disc and condyle of lower synovial cavity






42. Triangular area where medial and lateral views of the mandible come together - Provides support for patients with lower partial






43. Inner side of the wall of a hollow structure






44. Decreased saliva flow






45. Connects to common carotid arter






46. XI nerve - synergist to Vagus nerve - Motor






47. Number of bones in the skull






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






49. Sides of tongue






50. Lymph node that drains lymph from a particular region







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