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Dental Hygiene Boards Anatomy

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1. Muscle of facial expression - origin- encircles the mouth - insertion- angle of mouth - actions: closes lips - pursing lips - rolling lips inward - puckering






2. Front area of the body






3. Number of bones in the skull






4. Both watery and ropey saliva composition combined






5. Posterior 1/3 of tongue






6. Muscle of facial expression - helps mastication by keeping food on the chewing surface - cheek muscle






7. 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)






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






9. Back of an area of the body






10. Area where the bones are joined to each other






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






12. Mylohyoid nerve






13. Biggest artery in body






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






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






16. Area that faces away from the head and toward the feet of the body






17. Paired bones - forms upper back side of skull






18. Ropey saliva composition






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






20. II cranial nerve - sensory - sight and visual impluses






21. X nerve - vocal cords - heart - respiration - digestion - autonomic nervous system - sensory and motor






22. A band of fibrous tissue that connects bones






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






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






25. Tubercle or rounded elevation on a bony surface






26. Pair bones Landmarks- Infraorbital foramen Processes- alveolar - zygomatic - frontal - and palatine






27. Single bone - only movable bone of the face - many landmarks - largest and strongest facial bone - articulates with temporal bone to form TMJ






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






29. Depression on one side of a lymph node where lymph flows out by way of an efferent lymphatic vessel






30. Single bone - forms back of head - landmark- foramen magnum






31. Artery to #6-11






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






33. 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






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






35. 'rest or digest' responses






36. Inside of the mouth






37. Fuses with frontal bone facially






38. Outer side of the wall of a hollow structure






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






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






41. Lymph node that drains lymph from a primary node






42. Single bone - midline bone of cranium - part of nose - lies behind the frontal bone - between the eyes






43. 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






44. 1st and smallest division of trigeminal nerve - carries sensory information to brain - sensory for eyeball - cornea - and forehead






45. Blood vessel that carries blood to heart - operates by valves






46. Dislocation of joints






47. Structure closest to the palate






48. Loss of muscle actions in muscles of facial expressions






49. Area that is farther away from the median plane of the body or structure






50. Inferior alveolar nerve







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