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Dental Hygiene Boards Anatomy

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






2. Chemical agen that is discharged to cause action of a muscle






3. Forms part of cheekbone with zygomatic arch - often seen in panoramic and periapical films






4. 3rd and largest division of trigeminal nerve - sensory and motor to mandible






5. Dislocation of joints






6. 4 bones with processes attaching to maxilla






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






8. Infection of the maxillary sinus






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






10. Tubercle or rounded elevation on a bony surface






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






12. Section of the body through any horizontal plane






13. Junction between 2 neurons or a neuron and muscle






14. Single bone - bat-shaped - forms anterior base of the skull - has many foramens and processes - landmark- greater wing of sphenoid






15. Plane created by an imaginary line that divides the body @ any level into superior and inferior portions






16. Anterior Superior Alveolar Nerve






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






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






19. Network of blood vessels - usually veins






20. Area closer to the median plane of the body






21. Artery to max premolars






22. Pointed end of a conical structure






23. Structures located toward the surface of the body






24. Structures closest to the tongue






25. 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






26. Forms sockets of teeth






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






28. Outer side of the wall of a hollow structure






29. Opening or canal in the bone






30. Type of unilateral facial paralysis involving the facial nerve

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31. Portion of mandible that connects to the TMJ






32. Middle superior alveolar nerve






33. Smaller vein that drains the capillaries in the tissue area






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






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






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






37. X nerve - vocal cords - heart - respiration - digestion - autonomic nervous system - sensory and motor






38. Connects to aorta






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






40. V- trigeminal - VII- facial






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






42. Hollow organ - dual action pump - thick muscular walls - right side pumps to lungs - left side pumps to body






43. Position in which the body is erect - with arms @ the sides - plams and toes directed forward - and eyes looking forward






44. Substance which consists of cholesterol (mainly) - calcium - clotting proteins - and other substances that can be found lining arteries






45. Muscle - origin- sphenoid bone - insertion- angle of mandible - medial surface - action- elevates mandible - forms sling with masseter; synergist with masseter






46. Triangular area where medial and lateral views of the mandible come together - Provides support for patients with lower partial






47. IX nerve - primarily sens of taste - sensory and motor






48. 2 branches of peripheral nervous system






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






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