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Dental Hygiene Boards Anatomy

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1. 'rest or digest' responses






2. Both watery and ropey saliva composition combined






3. Muscle auto-responses from body - ex: breathing - digestion - heartbeat - eyes






4. 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)






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






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






7. Blood vessel that carries blood away from heart - has muscles on inside of walls






8. Type of lymphatic vessel in which lymph flows into the lymph node






9. Artery to #6-11






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






11. V- trigeminal - VII- facial






12. Towards the crown of a tooth






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






14. IV cranial nerve - motor - movement of eyeball






15. Inside of the mouth






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






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






18. Inner side of the wall of a hollow structure






19. Number of facial bones






20. Paired bones - forms upper back side of skull






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






22. Anterior Superior Alveolar Nerve






23. V cranial nerve - sensory and motor - supplies most oral features and facial muscles - teeth - tongue - palate






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






25. Artery to mandible






26. Divides space between bones






27. Erythrocytes






28. Short - windowlike opening in the bone






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






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






31. Tiny blood vessel that branches off small artery to supple blood to tissue






32. Area used for mental block on lingual and opens into mental foramen






33. Site for large muscles of the neck to attach






34. Only vein that carries oxygenated blood






35. Loss of funtion of the 6th cranial nerve

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36. Bundle of neurons






37. Network of blood vessels - usually veins






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






39. 1st and smallest division of trigeminal nerve - carries sensory information to brain - sensory for eyeball - cornea - and forehead






40. Front area of the body






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






42. IX-Glossopharyngeal - XII- Hypoglossal






43. Abnormal sensation from an area such as burning or prickling






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






45. Resident microorganisms that usually do not cause infections






46. Also called a meniscus - attached to condyle on medial and lateral poles - shape conforms with shape of adjacent articulating bones - completely divides TMJ into 2 compartments - can be wrinking - torn - hardened - or detached on one end






47. When atherosclerosis occurs in arteries leading to the heart






48. Biggest artery in body






49. Muscle - origin- sphenoid bone - insertion- angle of mandible - medial surface - action- elevates mandible - forms sling with masseter; synergist with masseter






50. Short canal leading to the tympanic cavity