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Dental Hygiene Boards Anatomy

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1. Structure closest to the palate






2. A band of fibrous tissue that connects bones






3. Disorder involving one or both temporomandibular joints






4. Important part of blood composition for clotting






5. Dislocation of joints






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






7. 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






8. Network of veins that comes together (paired)






9. Junction between 2 neurons or a neuron and muscle






10. The loss of feeling or sensation resulting from the use of certain drugs or gases that seruve as inhibitory neurotransmitters






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






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






13. Bacteria traveling within the vascular system






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






15. IV cranial nerve - motor - movement of eyeball






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






17. Inferior alveolar nerve






18. Zygomatic process of temporal bone - temporal process of zygomatic bone - maxillary process of zygomatic bone - zygomatic process of maxillary bone






19. Layers of soft tissue overlying the bones of the brain case






20. Lowering of the lower jaw






21. Portion of mandible that connects to the TMJ






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






23. Structures on the same side of the body






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






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






26. Mylohyoid nerve






27. Loss of action of the facial muscles






28. Section of the body through the median plane






29. Back of an area of the body






30. Infection of the maxillary sinus






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






32. Buccal Nerve






33. Type of blood vessel that travels to the heart - carrying blood






34. Control center - one of the major divisions of nervous system - composed of brain and spinal cord - surrounded by skull and spinal vertebrae for protection






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






36. Middle superior alveolar nerve






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






38. VI cranial nerve - motor - movement of eyeball






39. Also known as malar bone - forms cheek bone - helps form zygomatic arch - paired






40. Transition zone betweek skin and vermillion zone






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






42. Prefix meaning too much






43. 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






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






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






46. Section of the body through any frontal plane






47. V- trigeminal - VII- facial






48. Muscle of facial expression - origin- encircles the mouth - insertion- angle of mouth - actions: closes lips - pursing lips - rolling lips inward - puckering






49. Anterior Superior Alveolar Nerve






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