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Dental Hygiene Boards Anatomy

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1. 4 muscles of mastication






2. Characteristics that appear on a specific bone






3. Aiming area for palatal injections






4. Area that is farther away from the median plane of the body






5. Network of blood vessels - usually veins






6. Lingual Nerve






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






8. Padding in between bones






9. Horizontal portion of mandible






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






11. Type of injection that anesthetizes a larger area than local infiltration because the local anesthetic agen is deposited near large nerve trunks






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






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






14. Only vein that carries oxygenated blood






15. Network of veins that comes together (paired)






16. A joint on each side of the ehad that allows for movement of the mandible - speech - and mastication - Location: where condyle of mandible articulates with the zygomatic process of the temporal bone






17. Provides ventilation to head - lightens skull - drainage - acts as sound resonators - provides mucous for nasal cavity - can be involved with allergies or infection as in primary sinusitis or in tooth infection as in secondary sinusitis






18. Opening or canal in the bone






19. Structure closest to lips






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






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






22. IX-Glossopharyngeal - XII- Hypoglossal






23. Loss of action of the facial muscles






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






25. Single bone - forms back of head - landmark- foramen magnum - (huge hole in this bone through which the spinal cord passes)






26. Important part of blood composition for clotting






27. Area used for mental block on lingual and opens into mental foramen






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






29. 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






30. The narrowing and blockage of the arteries by a buildup of plaque






31. Structures closest to the tongue






32. Number of cranial bones






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






34. Inferior alveolar nerve






35. Structure at the median plane






36. Bacteria traveling within the vascular system






37. Drains everything from head and neck area to the heart






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






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






40. Bringing backward of the lower jaw






41. 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






42. Towards the crown of a tooth






43. Disorder involving one or both temporomandibular joints






44. Under tongue






45. To join together; in the periodontium - a complex system of blood vessels supplies blood to the periodontal tissues






46. 'rest or digest' responses






47. 2 accessory muscles of mastication






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






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






50. 4 bones with processes attaching to maxilla