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Dental Hygiene Boards Anatomy

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1. 'rest or digest' responses






2. Watery basis of blood composition






3. Prominen bridgelike bony structure






4. Runs from styloid process of temporal bone to the angle of the mandible - taut when mandible is protruded






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






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






7. Region of the head that is lateral to the infraorbital region - overlies zygomatic arch (cheek bone)






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






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






10. Shifting of the lower jaw to one side






11. Section of the body through the median plane






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






13. 2 accessory muscles of mastication






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






15. Also known as trigeminal ganglion - Where the 3 division of trigeminal nerve meet






16. Trauma to a blood vessel






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






18. Erythrocytes






19. Paired bones - forms upper back side of skull






20. 2 valves of the heart






21. 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)






22. Network of blood vessels - usually veins






23. Artery to mandible






24. Decreased saliva flow






25. Nerve supply to the periodontium






26. Lingual Nerve






27. Transition zone betweek skin and vermillion zone






28. Cavity within the bone






29. Fuses with frontal bone facially






30. Rising of the lower jaw






31. Ropey saliva composition






32. 3rd and largest division of trigeminal nerve - sensory and motor to mandible






33. 3 TMJ Ligaments






34. 2 branches of peripheral nervous system






35. Single bone - bat-shaped - forms anterior base of the skull - has many foramens and processes - landmark- greater wing of sphenoid






36. Drains everything from head and neck area to the heart






37. Type of unilateral facial paralysis involving the facial nerve

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






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






40. Loss of funtion of the 6th cranial nerve

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41. Several arteries branch directly off the aorta to feed the _____________






42. V- trigeminal - VII- facial






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






44. Section of the body through any frontal plane






45. Artery to cheek






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






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






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






49. Water saliva composition






50. Structures located inward - away from the body surface