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Dental Hygiene Boards Anatomy

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1. Connects to common carotid arter






2. Structures on the opposite side of the body






3. 3 TMJ Ligaments






4. Filters toxins and other foreign bodies out of body - typically green in diagrams - has valve system similar to veins






5. The narrowing and blockage of the arteries by a buildup of plaque






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






7. V- trigeminal - VII- facial






8. Number of facial bones






9. Prefix meaning too much






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






11. Causes muscles to contract - stimulates glands - allows for sensations to be perceived






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






13. Back of an area of the body






14. Sides of tongue






15. Single bone - forms back of head - landmark- foramen magnum - (huge hole in this bone through which the spinal cord passes)






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






17. Characteristics that appear on a specific bone






18. Trauma to a blood vessel






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






20. Artery to max molars






21. Lowering of the lower jaw






22. Not part of TMJ - but rather on the medial side of the mandible - Attaches @ spine of sphenoid bone to the lingual of the mandibular foramen - becomes taut when mandible is protruded






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






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






25. Secreted into blood; hormones - such as thyroid and pituitary glands






26. Inner side of the wall of a hollow structure






27. Artery to mandible






28. Paired bones - forms bridge of the nose






29. Loss of funtion of the 6th cranial nerve


30. Front area of the body






31. 2 valves of the heart






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






33. 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






34. Region of the head where the external ear is a prominent feature






35. IX-Glossopharyngeal - XII- Hypoglossal






36. I cranial nerve - sensory - sense of smell






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






38. Number of cranial bones






39. Nerve supply to the periodontium






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






41. Spread of cancer from primary location - once cancer enters lymphatic system - it can enter the blood stream and spread






42. Occipital - frontal - parietal-paired - temporal- paired - sphenoid - ethmoid






43. Cavity within the bone






44. Bringing forward of the lower jaw






45. Type of injection that anesthetizes a larger area than local infiltration because the local anesthetic agen is deposited near large nerve trunks






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






47. XI nerve - synergist to Vagus nerve - Motor






48. Section of the body through any horizontal plane






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






50. Type of blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart