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Dental Hygiene Boards Anatomy
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health-sciences
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1. I cranial nerve - sensory - sense of smell
Nerve for Floor of the mouth
venule
olfactory nerve
facial artery
2. Number of bones in the skull
foramen/ foramina
hematoma
secondary node
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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
articulation
oral cavity
Nerve for tongue
alveolar bone
4. A band of fibrous tissue that connects bones
ligament
parietal bones
olfactory nerve
mastoid process
5. Aiming area for palatal injections
greater palatine foramen
submandibular gland
7 types of facial bones
Facial nerve
6. Tube through which sound waves are transmitted to the middlbe ear within the skull
anesthesia
sensory and motor
external acousitc meatus
abducens nerve
7. Also known as cribriform plate - thin layer of bone that lines the socket to surround the root of the tooth
Nerve for Floor of the mouth
alveolar bone proper
sensory and motor
maxilla
8. Structures closest to the tongue
innervation
horizontal plane
mandible (V3)
lingual
9. Paired bones - landmark- infraorbital foramen - has processes with 4 different bones
maxilla
vermillion border
aorta
trochlear nerve
10. Smaller blood vessel that branches off an arteriole to supply blood directly to tissue
exocrine
thyroid
primary node
capillary
11. Artery to max premolars
internal
horizontal plane
hyper
middle superior alveolar artery
12. Structures located inward - away from the body surface
buccinator and mylohyoid muscles
deep
medial pterygoid muscle
zygomatic process of maxilla
13. Also known as malar bone - forms cheek bone - forms zygomatic arch with temporal bone - 4 process form arch - often seen in panoramic and PAX
sagittal plane
sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems
zygomatic bone
maxillary sinusitis
14. Mono- - lymph- - leukocytes; varying types
efferent (motor)
white blood cells
endocrine
sensory and motor
15. Runs from styloid process of temporal bone to the angle of the mandible - taut when mandible is protruded
stylomandibular ligament
abducens nerve
joint
scalp
16. Largest endocrine glandthyroxine - should be part of extraoral exam- palpate - goiter- inflammed neck - responsible for metabolic rate and temp- control
thyroid
vermillion zone
red blood cells
pulmonary vein
17. Type of body tissue that shortens under neural control - causing soft tissue and bony structures to move
involuntary muscle
greater palatine foramen
muscle
hilus
18. 2 places where bones grow at
Palatine process of the maxilla
Cranial Nerves
Surfaces and Sutures
sagittal plane
19. VII nerve - muscles of facial expression - tear glands - salivary glands - sensory and motor
posterior superior alveolar artery
Facial nerve
capillary
8 landmarks of mandible
20. Cellular component pertaining to nervous system
Neuron
hemorrhage
spinal cord
plexus
21. Connects to aorta
common carotid artery
facial
suture
horizontal plane
22. Capable of causing disease only when the host's resistance is lowered
parotid gland
Nerve for tongue
opportunisitic pathogen
coronal
23. 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
ranula
neurotransmitter
trigeminal nerve
Spinal Accessory nerve
24. Front area of the body
anterior
anterior superior alveolar artery
external auditory meatus
dorsal
25. Mucole that appear in floor of mouth of major salivary glands
sagittal plane
sphenoid bone
ranula
lymphatic vessels
26. Lymph node that drains lymph from a primary node
middle superior alveolar artery
sphenoid
secondary node
xerostomia
27. Single bone - also known as nasal septum - forms midline of nose - not important to oral cavity - forms inferior portion of nasal septum
red blood cells
vomer
amylase
Bell's Palsy
28. Type of lymphatic vessel in which lymph flows out of the lymph node in the area of the node's hilus
ramus
effernt vessel
maxillary sinuses
temporal
29. Bruise that results when a blood vessel is injured and a small amount of blood escapes into the surrounding tissue and clots
hematoma
foramen magnum
central and peripheral nervous systems
masseter - temporal - medial pterygoid - lateral pterygoid
30. 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
ethmoid bone
facial
pterygoid venus plexus
articular disc
31. Paired bones - forms bridge of the nose
maxillary artery
veins
Ganglion
nasal bones
32. Accumulation of neuron cell bodies outside the central nervous system
Spinal Accessory nerve
Ganglion
palatine bones
zygomatic bones
33. Blood vessel that carries blood to heart - operates by valves
dorsal
veins
body
origin
34. Type of injection that anesthetizes a larger area than local infiltration because the local anesthetic agen is deposited near large nerve trunks
hyper
metastasis
nerve block
Maxilla
35. Mineralized structures of the body that protect internal soft tissues and serve as the biomechanical basis for movement
bones
superficial
maxillary sinuses
facial paralysis
36. Forms hard palate - fuses in teh middle at suture line - If fusion doesn't occur - cleft palate forms
anterior superior alveolar artery
Palatine process of the maxilla
ligament
mandibular canal
37. Erythrocytes
inferior alveolar artery
temporal
apex
red blood cells
38. Lowering of the lower jaw
depression of the mandible
bacteremia
palatal
occipital bone
39. Area that faces away from the head and toward the feet of the body
external
apex
inferior
buccinator
40. Pair bones Landmarks- Infraorbital foramen Processes- alveolar - zygomatic - frontal - and palatine
sphenoid sinuses
involuntary muscle
nervous system
Maxilla
41. Padding in between bones
amylase
labial commissure
synovial fluid
capillary
42. Blood vessel that carries blood away from heart - has muscles on inside of walls
arteries
palatine bones
protrusion of the mandible
occipital
43. Huge foramen in occipital bone through which the spinal cord passes
Hypoglossal nerve
ventral
process
foramen magnum
44. Water saliva composition
serous
5 anatomic parts of TMJ
venule
mastoid process
45. Carries messages to the brain and carries messages from brain part of central nervous system
frontal sinuses
paranasal sinus
inferior alveolar artery
spinal cord
46. Tiny blood vessel that branches off small artery to supple blood to tissue
stylomandibular ligament
anterior superior alveolar artery
capillary
vein
47. Region of the head that is lateral to the infraorbital region - overlies zygomatic arch (cheek bone)
superficial
external carotid artery
zygomatic region
dorsal
48. Begins process of breaking food down into simple sugars in saliva
Acoustic nerve
temporomandibule joint
amylase
occipital
49. Back of an area of the body
sagittal plane
paresthesia
posterior
7 types of facial bones
50. Allows us to move - usually works in groups - 2 kinds- involuntary and voluntary
muscles
sensory/afferent vessels
metastasis
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