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Dental Hygiene Boards Anatomy

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






2. 2 branches of peripheral nervous system






3. XII nerve - primarily tongue movement - motor






4. Number of cranial bones






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






6. Sides of tongue






7. Area that is closer to the median plane of the body or structure






8. Bacteria traveling within the vascular system






9. Carries info away from brain/spinal cord to the body - (info from brain)






10. Both watery and ropey saliva composition combined






11. Disorder involving one or both temporomandibular joints






12. Front area of the body






13. Short - windowlike opening in the bone






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






15. Opening or canal in the bone






16. Main portion of the anterior border of ramus






17. Structures located toward the surface of the body






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






19. General term for any prominence on a bony surface






20. Divides space between bones






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






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






23. 'flight or flight' responses






24. Loss of action of the facial muscles






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






26. Posterior 1/3 of tongue






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






28. Artery to max premolars






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






30. Any plane of the body created by an imaginary plane parallel with the median plane






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






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






33. Only artery that carries deoxygenated blood - carries it to the lungs






34. Prominen bridgelike bony structure






35. Structure closest to lips






36. Shifting of the lower jaw to one side






37. Pointed end of a conical structure






38. Nerve supply to the periodontium






39. Anterior 2/3 of tongue






40. Type of body tissue that shortens under neural control - causing soft tissue and bony structures to move






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






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






43. Connects anterior superior alveolar artery and middle superior alveolar arter to the maxillary artery






44. 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






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






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






47. Swelling of lymph nodes :abnormal enlargement' - can be helped with antibiotic






48. Forms sockets of teeth






49. XI nerve - synergist to Vagus nerve - Motor






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







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