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Dental Hygiene Boards Anatomy

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1. Structure closest to the palate






2. Artery to max premolars






3. Important part of blood composition for clotting






4. Single bone - bat-shaped - forms anterior base of the skull - has many foramens and processes - landmark- greater wing of sphenoid






5. IV cranial nerve - motor - movement of eyeball






6. Prefix meaning not enough






7. Artery to mandible






8. Structure at the median plane






9. Number of facial bones






10. Watery basis of blood composition






11. Paired glands lcoated inside the medial angle of mandible - walnut sized - Wharton's Duct - Mixed salivary compostion- 60-65% - Empties behind mandibular anterior teeth






12. 1st and smallest division of trigeminal nerve - carries sensory information to brain - sensory for eyeball - cornea - and forehead






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






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






15. Results from incomplete fusion of the maxillary bones at palatine process - open area that can involve from no teeth to involving teeth - palate - lip - and nasal - can involve pedodontist - oral surgeon - and pediatrician some appliances may be need






16. Divides space between bones






17. Back of an area of the body






18. The loss of feeling or sensation resulting from the use of certain drugs or gases that seruve as inhibitory neurotransmitters






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






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






21. Biggest artery in body






22. Drains everything from head and neck area to the heart






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






24. 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






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






26. Large vein coming in from bottom of the heart






27. 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






28. Cellular component pertaining to nervous system






29. Sensory nerve that carries information from the periphery of the body to the brain or spinal cord






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






31. Point on upper lip where the philtrum terminates






32. Loss of action of the facial muscles






33. Lingual Nerve






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






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






36. Rising of the lower jaw






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






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






39. Paired sinuses located in frontal bone - separated by septum - drains into nasal cavity - irregularly shaped






40. Prefix meaning too much






41. Lymph node that drains lymph from a primary node






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






43. Attaches several muscles to mandible






44. Characteristics that appear on a specific bone






45. 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






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






47. There are no ________ in the veins of the head and neck - which makes infection very easy to spread and to linger in an area






48. Mylohyoid nerve






49. A band of fibrous tissue that connects bones






50. Forms hard palate - fuses in teh middle at suture line - If fusion doesn't occur - cleft palate forms