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Dental Hygiene Boards Anatomy

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1. Runs from styloid process of temporal bone to the angle of the mandible - taut when mandible is protruded






2. End of the muscle that is attatched to the more movable structure






3. Disorder involving one or both temporomandibular joints






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






5. Posterior 1/3 of tongue






6. Infection of the maxillary sinus






7. Section of the body through any frontal plane






8. Muscle in the floor of the mouth - attaches to mylohyoid ridge






9. Artery to max molars






10. 2 valves of the heart






11. Huge foramen in occipital bone through which the spinal cord passes






12. Region of the head that is lateral to the infraorbital region - overlies zygomatic arch (cheek bone)






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






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






15. Divides space between bones






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






17. Single bone - midline bone of cranium - part of nose - lies behind the frontal bone - between the eyes






18. VI cranial nerve - motor - movement of eyeball






19. Tubercle or rounded elevation on a bony surface






20. VIII nerve - hearing and balance - also known as auditory or vestibular cochlear - sensory and motor






21. General term for any prominence on a bony surface






22. 'rest or digest' responses






23. Structures closest to the facial surface






24. Filters toxins and other foreign bodies out of body - typically green in diagrams - has valve system similar to veins






25. Under tongue






26. Loss of action of the facial muscles






27. Paired bones - irregular thin plates of bone that forms the medial wall of the orbit (eye) - lacrimal (tear duct) glands are present @ the margin of these bones






28. Inferior alveolar nerve






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






30. Single bone - only movable bone of face - many landmarks present - largest and strongest bone of face - articulates with temporal bone to form TMJ






31. Transition zone betweek skin and vermillion zone






32. 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






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






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






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






36. Number of cranial bones






37. Site for large muscles of the neck to attach






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






39. Single bone - forms the forehead and the top of the eye - contains supraorbital notch - location of frontal sinuses






40. Posterior superior alveolar nerve






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






42. XI nerve - synergist to Vagus nerve - Motor






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






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






45. When atherosclerosis occurs in arteries leading to the heart






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






47. Joint located inferior to the zygomatic arch and just anterior to the ear - where upper skull forms a joint with the lower jaw






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






49. Paired glands lcoated inside the medial angle of mandible - walnut sized - Wharton's Duct - Mixed salivary compostion- 60-65% - Empties behind mandibular anterior teeth






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