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Dental Hygiene Boards Anatomy

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1. Tubercle or rounded elevation on a bony surface






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






3. Dislocation of joints






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






5. Fuses with frontal bone facially






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






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






8. Loss of funtion of the 6th cranial nerve

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9. Cellular component pertaining to nervous system






10. Normal flora creating an infectious process because the body's defenses are compromised






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






12. Communication of a blood vessel with another blood vessel by a connecting channel






13. Large vein coming in from bottom of the heart






14. Pair bones Landmarks- Infraorbital foramen Processes- alveolar - zygomatic - frontal - and palatine






15. 2 branches of autonomic nervous system






16. 2 branches of peripheral nervous system






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






18. Horizontal portion of mandible






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






20. Towards the crown of a tooth






21. Bacteria traveling within the vascular system






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






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






24. Divides space between bones






25. Sides of tongue






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






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






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






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






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






31. Opening or canal in the bone






32. Area closer to the median plane of the body






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






34. Both watery and ropey saliva composition combined






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






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






37. XI nerve - synergist to Vagus nerve - Motor






38. IV cranial nerve - motor - movement of eyeball






39. Loss of muscle actions in muscles of facial expressions






40. 2 valves of the heart






41. Paired - most posterior part of the hard palate - they fuse together to form hard palate - greater palatine foramen located @ posterior lateral region






42. Muscle - origin- several different places on sphenoid - insertion- condyle - near TMJ - action- protrudes and lateral deviation of mandible - fibers run horizontally






43. Anterior 2/3 of tongue






44. V- trigeminal - VII- facial






45. 2 places where bones grow at






46. Paired bones - forms upper back side of skull






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






48. Region of the head that is lateral to the infraorbital region - overlies zygomatic arch (cheek bone)






49. Disorder involving one or both temporomandibular joints






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