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Dental Hygiene Boards Anatomy

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1. Structures on the opposite side of the body






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






3. A band of fibrous tissue that connects bones






4. Only artery that carries deoxygenated blood - carries it to the lungs






5. Outer side of the wall of a hollow structure






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






7. Paired bones withing the body part of the nose - lateral portion of nasal septum






8. Short canal leading to the tympanic cavity






9. Smallest structural unit of living matter capable of functioning independently






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






11. Important part of blood composition for clotting






12. Only vein that carries oxygenated blood






13. XII nerve - primarily tongue movement - motor






14. Structures located toward the surface of the body






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






16. V cranial nerve - sensory and motor - supplies most oral features and facial muscles - teeth - tongue - palate






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






18. Depression and elevation of jaw - occurs between disc and condyle of lower synovial cavity






19. Ropey saliva composition






20. Largest gland. paired. located in front of ear - outside of skull - under skin and muscle. Stenson's Duct. Serous secretions- 25% of total volume. Responsible for mumps






21. Sensory nerve that carries information from the periphery of the body to the brain or spinal cord






22. Single bone - midline bone int he cranium - part of nose - lies behind the frontal bone - between the eyes - part of floor of cranial base






23. Number of facial bones






24. Structures located inward - away from the body surface






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






26. Type of body tissue that shortens under neural control - causing soft tissue and bony structures to move






27. Short - windowlike opening in the bone






28. 2 branches of peripheral nervous system






29. Normal flora creating an infectious process because the body's defenses are compromised






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






31. Muscles used for walking and tirggered by thought






32. Mucole that appear in floor of mouth of major salivary glands






33. 2 branches of autonomic nervous system






34. Portion of mandible that connects to the TMJ






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






36. Erythrocytes






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






38. Plane created by an imaginary line that divides the body @ any level into superior and inferior portions






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






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






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






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






43. Infection of the maxillary sinus






44. Prefix meaning not enough






45. Number of bones in the skull






46. All cranial nerves are ________






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






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






49. 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






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







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