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Dental Hygiene Boards Anatomy

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






2. Layers of soft tissue overlying the bones of the brain case






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






4. Artery to max molars






5. Lowering of the lower jaw






6. Paired bones - forms upper back side of skull






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






8. Largest endocrine glandthyroxine - should be part of extraoral exam- palpate - goiter- inflammed neck - responsible for metabolic rate and temp- control






9. Disorder involving one or both temporomandibular joints






10. Front area of the body






11. 1st and smallest division of trigeminal nerve - carries sensory information to brain - sensory for eyeball - cornea - and forehead






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






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






14. 2 valves of the heart






15. Rising of the lower jaw






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






18. Forms sockets of teeth






19. 2 accessory muscles of mastication






20. When atherosclerosis occurs in arteries leading to the heart






21. Also known as malar bone - forms cheek bone - forms zygomatic arch with temporal bone - 4 process form arch - often seen in panoramic and PAX






22. Carries infor from the periphery of the body to brain or spinal cord






23. Site for large muscles of the neck to attach






24. Back of an area of the body






25. IX-Glossopharyngeal - XII- Hypoglossal






26. Allows us to move - usually works in groups - 2 kinds- involuntary and voluntary






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






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






29. Type of lymphatic vessel in which lymph flows into the lymph node






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






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






32. 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






33. To join together; in the periodontium - a complex system of blood vessels supplies blood to the periodontal tissues






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






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






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






37. Paired - irregular thin plates of bone that forms the medial wall of the orbit - lacrimal glands (tear ducts) present @ the margin of this bone






38. Movement accomplished by a muscle when the muscle fibers contract






39. Middle superior alveolar nerve






40. Type of blood vessel that travels to the heart - carrying blood






41. 4 bones with processes attaching to maxilla






42. Number of facial bones






43. 3 TMJ Ligaments






44. Paired bones - irregular thin plates of bone that forms the medial wall of the orbit (eye) - lacrimal (tear duct) glands are present @ the margin of these bones






45. II cranial nerve - sensory - sight and visual impluses






46. Bundle of neurons






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






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






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






50. Vertical portion of mandible