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Dental Hygiene Boards Anatomy

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1. Buccal Nerve






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3. The bone that surrounds the roots of the teeth. It forms the bony sockets that support and protect the roots of the teeth






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






6. Posterior superior alveolar nerve






7. Important part of blood composition for clotting






8. Any plane of the body created by an imaginary plane parallel with the median plane






9. Loss of action of the facial muscles






10. Oblique ridge - mental foramen - mandibular canal - alveolar process - mylohyoid grooves - mandibular foramen - lingula retromolar pad






11. Transition zone betweek skin and vermillion zone






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






13. IX-Glossopharyngeal - XII- Hypoglossal






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






15. Resident microorganisms that usually do not cause infections






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






17. Cellular component pertaining to nervous system






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






19. Artery to mandible






20. Bacteria traveling within the vascular system






21. Artery to #6-11






22. 3 TMJ Ligaments






23. Accumulation of neuron cell bodies outside the central nervous system






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






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






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






27. Mucole that appear in floor of mouth of major salivary glands






28. Structures closest to the inner cheek






29. Type of unilateral facial paralysis involving the facial nerve

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






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






32. Connects anterior superior alveolar artery and middle superior alveolar arter to the maxillary artery






33. Structure at the median plane






34. Ropey saliva composition






35. Short - windowlike opening in the bone






36. Mylohyoid nerve






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






38. Paired - most posterior part of the hard palate - they fuse together to form hard palate - greater palatine foramen located @ posterior lateral region






39. V- trigeminal - VII- facial






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






41. Point on upper lip where the philtrum terminates






42. Occipital - frontal - parietal-paired - temporal- paired - sphenoid - ethmoid






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






44. Bundle of neurons






45. Type of blood vessel that travels to the heart - carrying blood






46. Artery to tongue






47. Begins process of breaking food down into simple sugars in saliva






48. Corners of mouth






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






50. Inferior alveolar nerve