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Dental Hygiene Boards Anatomy

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1. Generally immovable articulation in Which bones are joined by fibrous tissue






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






3. Feeds all area of face. connects to external carotid artery






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






5. Infection of the maxillary sinus






6. Area that faces toward the head of the body - away from the feet






7. Corners of mouth






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






9. 2 branches of peripheral nervous system






10. Towards the crown of a tooth






11. Number of bones in the skull






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






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






14. Loss of action of the facial muscles






15. Movement accomplished by a muscle when the muscle fibers contract






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






17. Loss of funtion of the 6th cranial nerve

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18. Inner side of the wall of a hollow structure






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






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






21. Connects to common carotid arter






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






23. Hollow organ - dual action pump - thick muscular walls - right side pumps to lungs - left side pumps to body






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






25. Back of an area of the body






26. Structure closest to lips






27. Structures located inward - away from the body surface






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






29. Artery to max molars






30. Short - windowlike opening in the bone






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






32. Anterior 2/3 of tongue






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






34. Carries infor from the periphery of the body to brain or spinal cord






35. IX-Glossopharyngeal - XII- Hypoglossal






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






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






38. Clot that forms on the inner blood vessel wall






39. Type of blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart






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






41. Causes muscles to contract - stimulates glands - allows for sensations to be perceived






42. Padding in between bones






43. Stone formed in glands - cause by minerals in saliva - causes facial swelling with recurrence with little pain - pt placed on antibiotic and sugar-free lemon drops to increase salivary flow - Oral surgeon can remove stone or part of gland if necessar






44. 'flight or flight' responses






45. 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






46. Area that is closer to the median plane of the body or structure






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






48. Structures closest to the tongue






49. Sides of tongue






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