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Dental Hygiene Boards Anatomy

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1. Trauma to a blood vessel






2. Padding in between bones






3. Area that is farther away from the median plane of the body






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






5. Sides of tongue






6. Single bone - forms back of head - landmark- foramen magnum






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






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






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






10. Structure closest to the palate






11. Artery to max molars






12. Horizontal portion of mandible






13. Attaches several muscles to mandible






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






15. IV cranial nerve - motor - movement of eyeball






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






17. When atherosclerosis occurs in arteries leading to the heart






18. Anterior 2/3 of tongue






19. Bacteria traveling within the vascular system






20. Section of the body through the median plane






21. Prefix meaning not enough






22. 2 branches of nervous system






23. Shaded area of lips that is darker than surrounding skin






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






25. Paired bones - landmarks- mastoid process - styloid process - zygomatic process - external auditory meatus






26. Portion of mandible that connects to the TMJ






27. Vertical portion of mandible






28. Number of facial bones






29. Structure closest to lips






30. Top posterior of tongue






31. II cranial nerve - sensory - sight and visual impluses






32. Area that is farther away from the median plane of the body or structure






33. TMJ Located lateral side of each joint forms a reinforcement of the capsule of the TMJ - Prevents excessive retraction of the mandible






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






35. Shifting of the lower jaw to one side






36. Blockage of minor salivary gland - occurs mainly in lip - about the size of a dime - must be removed






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






38. Junction between 2 neurons or a neuron and muscle






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






40. Structures located inward - away from the body surface






41. 2 valves of the heart






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






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






44. 'flight or flight' responses






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






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






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






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






49. Structures on the same side of the body






50. Point on upper lip where the philtrum terminates