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Dental Hygiene Boards Anatomy

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1. Artery to tongue






2. Erythrocytes






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






4. Site of a junction or union between two or more bones






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






6. Huge foramen in occipital bone through which the spinal cord passes






7. Top posterior of tongue






8. Artery to cheek






9. Large vein coming in from bottom of the heart






10. Important part of blood composition for clotting






11. Structures on the opposite side of the body






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






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






14. All cranial nerves are ________






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






16. Back of an area of the body






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






18. Artery to max molars






19. Paired - forms bridge of nose






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






21. Singe bone - bat-shaped - forms anterior base of skull - many foramen and processes - landmark- greater wing of sphenoid






22. Area where the bones are joined to each other






23. Lingual Nerve






24. Paired bones - landmark- infraorbital foramen - has processes with 4 different bones






25. 4 muscles of mastication






26. Anterior Superior Alveolar Nerve






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






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






29. Under tongue






30. 2 branches of autonomic nervous system






31. Some Say Marry Money - But My Brother Says - Bad Business - Marry Money






32. V- trigeminal - VII- facial






33. Carries messages to the brain and carries messages from brain part of central nervous system






34. Infection of the maxillary sinus






35. Single bone - only movable bone of face - many landmarks present - largest and strongest bone of face - articulates with temporal bone to form TMJ






36. Area under nose that extends from nasal septum to the top of the lip






37. Transition zone betweek skin and vermillion zone






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






39. Site for large muscles of the neck to attach






40. VI cranial nerve - motor - movement of eyeball






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






42. Tiny blood vessel that branches off small artery to supple blood to tissue






43. Normal flora creating an infectious process because the body's defenses are compromised






44. Provides ventilation to head - lightens skull - drainage - acts as sound resonators - provides mucous for nasal cavity - can be involved with allergies or infection as in primary sinusitis or in tooth infection as in secondary sinusitis






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






46. Cervical muscles - muscles of facial expression - muscles of mastication - muscles of tongue - muscles of the pharynx - muscles of the hyoid - muscles of the soft palate






47. Muscle of facial expression - helps mastication by keeping food on the chewing surface - cheek muscle






48. Tubercle or rounded elevation on a bony surface






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






50. Section of the body through any horizontal plane