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Dental Hygiene Boards Anatomy

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1. I cranial nerve - sensory - sense of smell






2. Number of bones in the skull






3. The bone that surrounds the roots of the teeth. It forms the bony sockets that support and protect the roots of the teeth






4. A band of fibrous tissue that connects bones






5. Aiming area for palatal injections






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






7. Also known as cribriform plate - thin layer of bone that lines the socket to surround the root of the tooth






8. Structures closest to the tongue






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






10. Smaller blood vessel that branches off an arteriole to supply blood directly to tissue






11. Artery to max premolars






12. Structures located inward - away from the body surface






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






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






15. Runs from styloid process of temporal bone to the angle of the mandible - taut when mandible is protruded






16. Largest endocrine glandthyroxine - should be part of extraoral exam- palpate - goiter- inflammed neck - responsible for metabolic rate and temp- control






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






18. 2 places where bones grow at






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






20. Cellular component pertaining to nervous system






21. Connects to aorta






22. Capable of causing disease only when the host's resistance is lowered






23. 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






24. Front area of the body






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






26. Lymph node that drains lymph from a primary node






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






28. Type of lymphatic vessel in which lymph flows out of the lymph node in the area of the node's hilus






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






30. 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






31. Paired bones - forms bridge of the nose






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






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






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






35. Mineralized structures of the body that protect internal soft tissues and serve as the biomechanical basis for movement






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






37. Erythrocytes






38. Lowering of the lower jaw






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






40. Pair bones Landmarks- Infraorbital foramen Processes- alveolar - zygomatic - frontal - and palatine






41. Padding in between bones






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






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






44. Water saliva composition






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






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






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






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






49. Back of an area of the body






50. Allows us to move - usually works in groups - 2 kinds- involuntary and voluntary