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Dental Hygiene Boards Anatomy

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1. Communication of a blood vessel with another blood vessel by a connecting channel






2. A band of fibrous tissue that connects bones






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






4. On Old Olympus Tiny Tops - A Finn And German Viewed Some Hops






5. Type of lymphatic vessel in which lymph flows into the lymph node






6. 3rd and largest division of trigeminal nerve - sensory and motor to mandible






7. A virus - microorganism - or other substance that causes dz






8. Horizontal portion of mandible






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






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






11. Loss of action of the facial muscles






12. Structure at the median plane






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






14. Front area of the body






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






16. Anterior Superior Alveolar Nerve






17. Nerve supply to the periodontium






18. When the valve connection the left ventricle and left atrium is leaking






19. Clot that forms on the inner blood vessel wall






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






21. Towards the crown of a tooth






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






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






24. Paired bones - most posterior part of the hard palate - 2 bones fuse together @ the midline to form the hard palate - greater palatine foramen located @ posterior lateral region






25. Allows jaw to move forward and backward - occurs between disk and articular eminence in the upper synovial cavity






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






27. III cranial nerve - motor - movement of eyeball and dilation of pupils






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






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






30. Several arteries branch directly off the aorta to feed the _____________






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






32. Vertical portion of mandible






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






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






35. Structures located toward the surface of the body






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






37. Section of the body through any frontal plane






38. Large amounts of blood that escape into the surroudning tissue without clotting - when a blood vessel is seriously injured






39. 2 places where bones grow at






40. Shifting of the lower jaw to one side






41. When atherosclerosis occurs in arteries leading to the heart






42. Paired bones - within the bony part of the nose - lateral portion of the nasal septum






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






44. Ropey saliva composition






45. Number of facial bones






46. Back of an area of the body






47. Bacteria traveling within the vascular system






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






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






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






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