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Dental Hygiene Boards Anatomy

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1. 'flight or flight' responses






2. Lingual Nerve






3. 1st and smallest division of trigeminal nerve - carries sensory information to brain - sensory for eyeball - cornea - and forehead






4. Artery to tongue






5. Prefix meaning not enough






6. Back of an area of the body






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






8. Protect - support - basis for movement - consideration in spread of dental infections






9. 2 branches of peripheral nervous system






10. Loss of action of the facial muscles






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






12. Towards the crown of a tooth






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






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






15. Articular fossa - articular eminence - condyle - articular disc - synovial fluid






16. Water saliva composition






17. Type of blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart






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






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






20. VI cranial nerve - motor - movement of eyeball






21. Divides space between bones






22. Muscle auto-responses from body - ex: breathing - digestion - heartbeat - eyes






23. Biggest artery in body






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






25. Forms sockets of teeth






26. Sides of tongue






27. Artery to max molars






28. Loss of muscle actions in muscles of facial expressions






29. Rising of the lower jaw






30. Nerve supply to the periodontium






31. Not part of TMJ - but rather on the medial side of the mandible - Attaches @ spine of sphenoid bone to the lingual of the mandibular foramen - becomes taut when mandible is protruded






32. V- trigeminal - VII- facial






33. Type of unilateral facial paralysis involving the facial nerve

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






35. 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






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






37. Tubercle or rounded elevation on a bony surface






38. Posterior superior alveolar nerve






39. Section of the body through any horizontal plane






40. Padding in between bones






41. Paired - most posterior part of the hard palate - they fuse together to form hard palate - greater palatine foramen located @ posterior lateral region






42. Bacteria traveling within the vascular system






43. Spread of cancer from primary location - once cancer enters lymphatic system - it can enter the blood stream and spread






44. There are no ________ in the veins of the head and neck - which makes infection very easy to spread and to linger in an area






45. 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






46. Prominen bridgelike bony structure






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






48. Only vein that carries oxygenated blood






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






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