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Dental Hygiene Boards Anatomy

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1. Shifting of the lower jaw to one side






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






3. Structure at the median plane






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






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






6. Transition zone betweek skin and vermillion zone






7. Section of the body through any frontal plane






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






9. Front area of the body






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






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






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






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






14. A band of fibrous tissue that connects bones






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






16. Muscles used for walking and tirggered by thought






17. 'flight or flight' responses






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






19. Artery to cheek






20. End of the muscle that is attached to the least movable structure






21. 2 valves of the heart






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






23. Structures located inward - away from the body surface






24. Important part of blood composition for clotting






25. Artery to #6-11






26. 2 branches of autonomic nervous system






27. Type of injection that anesthetizes a small area- one or two teeth and associated structures- when the local anesthetic agent is deposited near nerminal nerve endings






28. Anterior Superior Alveolar Nerve






29. Lymph node that drains lymph from a primary node






30. Area closer to the median plane of the body






31. Towards the crown of a tooth






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






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






34. Structure closest to lips






35. Back of an area of the body






36. Site for large muscles of the neck to attach






37. Characteristics that appear on a specific bone






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






39. Houses/forms sockets of teeth - bone on facial surface is thin - effected by perio dz - resorbs quickly after extraction - forms as deciduous teeth erupt






40. Dislocation of joints






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






42. Feeds all area of face. connects to external carotid artery






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






44. Number of bones in the skull






45. Artery to max molars






46. Corners of mouth






47. Structures closest to the facial surface






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






49. Muscle in the floor of the mouth - attaches to mylohyoid ridge






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