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Dental Hygiene Boards Anatomy

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1. Prominen bridgelike bony structure






2. Bringing backward of the lower jaw






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






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






5. 3rd and largest division of trigeminal nerve - sensory and motor to mandible






6. Blockage of minor salivary gland - occurs mainly in lip - about the size of a dime - must be removed






7. Transition zone betweek skin and vermillion zone






8. Number of facial bones






9. Front area of the body






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






11. Horizontal portion of mandible






12. All cranial nerves are ________






13. TMJ Located lateral side of each joint forms a reinforcement of the capsule of the TMJ - Prevents excessive retraction of the mandible






14. Paired bones - forms upper back side of skull






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






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






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






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






19. Divides space between bones






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






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






22. 2 branches of nervous system






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






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






25. Muscles used for walking and tirggered by thought






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






27. Vertical portion of mandible






28. Characteristics that appear on a specific bone






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






30. Section of the body through the median plane






31. Structures closest to the inner cheek






32. Type of injection that anesthetizes a small area- one or two teeth and associated structures- when the local anesthetic agent is deposited near nerminal nerve endings






33. 'flight or flight' responses






34. There are no ________ in the veins of the head and neck - which makes infection very easy to spread and to linger in an area






35. I cranial nerve - sensory - sense of smell






36. Network of blood vessels - usually veins






37. Short - windowlike opening in the bone






38. Important part of blood composition for clotting






39. Region of the head where the external ear is a prominent feature






40. Number of cranial bones






41. Posterior superior alveolar nerve






42. Outer side of the wall of a hollow structure






43. Section of the body through any frontal plane






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






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






46. Top posterior of tongue






47. Anterior Superior Alveolar Nerve






48. Paired glands located in the anterior floor of mouth under the tongue - smallest gland with many ducts - mixed salivay composition - but predominantly mucous- 10% volume






49. Erythrocytes






50. Control center - one of the major divisions of nervous system - composed of brain and spinal cord - surrounded by skull and spinal vertebrae for protection