Test your basic knowledge |

Dental Hygiene Boards Anatomy

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Attaches several muscles to mandible






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






3. 4 bones with processes attaching to maxilla






4. Section of the body through the median plane






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






6. Artery to max premolars






7. 4 muscles of mastication






8. VII nerve - muscles of facial expression - tear glands - salivary glands - sensory and motor






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






10. Paired sinuses located in frontal bone - separated by septum - drains into nasal cavity - irregularly shaped






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






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






13. 2 branches of peripheral nervous system






14. Posterior superior alveolar nerve






15. XII nerve - primarily tongue movement - motor






16. Ropey saliva composition






17. Bacteria traveling within the vascular system






18. Also known as trigeminal ganglion - Where the 3 division of trigeminal nerve meet






19. Structures closest to the inner cheek






20. Clot that forms on the inner blood vessel wall






21. 2 valves of the heart






22. Front area of the body






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






24. Shifting of the lower jaw to one side






25. Important part of blood composition for clotting






26. Accumulation of neuron cell bodies outside the central nervous system






27. Artery to max molars






28. Structures on the same side of the body






29. General term for any prominence on a bony surface






30. Innervates to the maxilla by the second branch and the mandible by the third branch - have sensory - motor - and intermediate roots that attach directly to the brain - responsible for the sensory sensibility of most of the skin of the front part of t






31. Site for large muscles of the neck to attach






32. Paired - forms bridge of nose






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






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






35. Plane created by an imaginary line that divides the body into right and left halves






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






37. Shuts down communication of nerves and neurons by blocking the chemicals from entering at the synapses






38. Carries infor from the periphery of the body to brain or spinal cord






39. Section of the body through any horizontal plane






40. Single bone - forms the forehead and top of the eye - has supraorbital notch






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






42. Inner side of the wall of a hollow structure






43. Short canal leading to the tympanic cavity






44. Outer side of the wall of a hollow structure






45. Horizontal portion of mandible






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






47. Bruise that results when a blood vessel is injured and a small amount of blood escapes into the surrounding tissue and clots






48. Area that faces away from the head and toward the feet of the body






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






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