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Dental Hygiene Boards Anatomy

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






2. IV cranial nerve - motor - movement of eyeball






3. Towards the crown of a tooth






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






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






6. Characteristics that appear on a specific bone






7. Ropey saliva composition






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






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






10. Largest of paranasal sinuses - paired - located within the maxilla - Significant to dentistry with max post exts-perforation - max sinus infections - implant placements/sinus lifts - and with air travel- with infection - descension is painful






11. 2 accessory muscles of mastication






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






13. Also called a meniscus - attached to condyle on medial and lateral poles - shape conforms with shape of adjacent articulating bones - completely divides TMJ into 2 compartments - can be wrinking - torn - hardened - or detached on one end






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






15. Pointed end of a conical structure






16. Loss of muscle actions in muscles of facial expressions






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






18. 3rd and largest division of trigeminal nerve - sensory and motor to mandible






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






20. Watery basis of blood composition






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






22. Short - windowlike opening in the bone






23. Network of veins that comes together (paired)






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






25. Artery to cheek






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






27. Number of bones in the skull






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






29. Junction between 2 neurons or a neuron and muscle






30. Single bone - midline bone int he cranium - part of nose - lies behind the frontal bone - between the eyes - part of floor of cranial base






31. 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






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






33. 2nd division of trigeminal nerve - sensory to maxilla and surrounding tissues - suicide nerve- can effect women 40+ years old on right side and causes excruciating pain (also called Tie Douleureaux or Trigeminal Neuralgia)






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






35. V- trigeminal - VII- facial






36. A joint on each side of the ehad that allows for movement of the mandible - speech - and mastication - Location: where condyle of mandible articulates with the zygomatic process of the temporal bone






37. Structures on the same side of the body






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






39. 3 TMJ Ligaments






40. Horizontal portion of mandible






41. Blood vessel that carries blood to heart - operates by valves






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






43. Paired glands located in the anterior floor of mouth under the tongue - smallest gland with many ducts - mixed salivay composition - but predominantly mucous- 10% volume






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






45. Erythrocytes






46. Fuses with frontal bone facially






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






48. Buccal Nerve






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






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