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Dental Hygiene Boards Anatomy

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1. All cranial nerves are ________






2. VIII nerve - hearing and balance - also known as auditory or vestibular cochlear - sensory and motor






3. Muscles used for walking and tirggered by thought






4. Opening or canal in the bone






5. General term for any prominence on a bony surface






6. When atherosclerosis occurs in arteries leading to the heart






7. Site for large muscles of the neck to attach






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






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






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






11. Located in the ethmoid bone - cannot be palpated in oral exam






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






13. Forms sockets of teeth






14. Area closer to the median plane of the body






15. Posterior 1/3 of tongue






16. 3rd and largest division of trigeminal nerve - sensory and motor to mandible






17. Secreted to specific locations by ducts; salivary and lacrimal glands






18. Inner side of the wall of a hollow structure






19. Transition zone betweek skin and vermillion zone






20. Both watery and ropey saliva composition combined






21. Network of blood vessels - usually veins






22. Shaded area of lips that is darker than surrounding skin






23. Paired - irregular thin plates of bone that forms the medial wall of the orbit - lacrimal glands (tear ducts) present @ the margin of this bone






24. Huge foramen in occipital bone through which the spinal cord passes






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






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






27. Erythrocytes






28. Large vein coming in from bottom of the heart






29. Houses/forms sockets of teeth - bone on facial surface is thin - effected by perio dz - resorbs quickly after extraction - forms as deciduous teeth erupt






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






31. Causes muscles to contract - stimulates glands - allows for sensations to be perceived






32. Rising of the lower jaw






33. Area under nose that extends from nasal septum to the top of the lip






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






35. Structures closest to the tongue






36. Sinuses located in sphenoid bone - cannot be palpated in oral exam






37. Prominen bridgelike bony structure






38. The loss of feeling or sensation resulting from the use of certain drugs or gases that seruve as inhibitory neurotransmitters






39. 4 muscles of mastication






40. Infection of the maxillary sinus






41. Shifting of the lower jaw to one side






42. Vertical portion of mandible






43. Decreased saliva flow






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






45. Innervates to the maxilla by the second branch and the mandible by the third branch - have sensory - motor - and intermediate roots that attach directly to the brain - responsible for the sensory sensibility of most of the skin of the front part of t






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






47. Inside of the mouth






48. 2 branches of autonomic nervous system






49. Section of the body through any frontal plane






50. Stone formed in glands - cause by minerals in saliva - causes facial swelling with recurrence with little pain - pt placed on antibiotic and sugar-free lemon drops to increase salivary flow - Oral surgeon can remove stone or part of gland if necessar