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Dental Hygiene Boards Anatomy

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1. Bruise that results when a blood vessel is injured and a small amount of blood escapes into the surrounding tissue and clots






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






3. Connects to common carotid arter






4. Loss of muscle actions in muscles of facial expressions






5. Important part of blood composition for clotting






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






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






8. Forms sockets of teeth






9. 2 places where bones grow at






10. 3 TMJ Ligaments






11. Opening or canal in the bone






12. When atherosclerosis occurs in arteries leading to the heart






13. 2nd division of trigeminal nerve - sensory to maxilla and surrounding tissues - suicide nerve- can effect women 40+ years old on right side and causes excruciating pain (also called Tie Douleureaux or Trigeminal Neuralgia)






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






15. Large vein coming in from bottom of the heart






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






17. Swelling of lymph nodes :abnormal enlargement' - can be helped with antibiotic






18. Secreted into blood; hormones - such as thyroid and pituitary glands






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






20. Under tongue






21. Structures on the opposite side of the body






22. Disorder involving one or both temporomandibular joints






23. Position in which the body is erect - with arms @ the sides - plams and toes directed forward - and eyes looking forward






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






25. Structures closest to the inner cheek






26. Only vein that carries oxygenated blood






27. XII nerve - primarily tongue movement - motor






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






29. Rising of the lower jaw






30. Gasserion ganglion present - 3 divisions feeding eye - maxilla - and mandible






31. 3rd and largest division of trigeminal nerve - sensory and motor to mandible






32. Cavity within the bone






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






34. Mineralized structures of the body that protect internal soft tissues and serve as the biomechanical basis for movement






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






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






37. Prefix meaning not enough






38. Ropey saliva composition






39. Biggest artery in body






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






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






42. Mylohyoid nerve






43. Posterior 1/3 of tongue






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






45. 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






46. V- trigeminal - VII- facial






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






48. Point on upper lip where the philtrum terminates






49. Single bone - forms the forehead and top of the eye - has supraorbital notch






50. Network of blood vessels - usually veins