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Dental Hygiene Boards Anatomy

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






2. Network of blood vessels - usually veins






3. 2 branches of peripheral nervous system






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






5. Pointed end of a conical structure






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






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






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






9. Trauma to a blood vessel






10. Number of bones in the skull






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






12. Structures on the opposite side of the body






13. Paired bones - landmarks- mastoid process - styloid process - zygomatic process - external auditory meatus






14. Smaller vein that drains the capillaries in the tissue area






15. Sides of tongue






16. Back of an area of the body






17. 2 valves of the heart






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






19. Forms hard palate - fuses in teh middle at suture line - If fusion doesn't occur - cleft palate forms






20. Artery to #6-11






21. Paired bones - within the bony part of the nose - lateral portion of the nasal septum






22. 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






23. Vertical portion of mandible






24. Erythrocytes






25. Forms part of cheekbone with zygomatic arch - often seen in panoramic and periapical films






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






27. Front area of the body






28. Cervical muscles - muscles of facial expression - muscles of mastication - muscles of tongue - muscles of the pharynx - muscles of the hyoid - muscles of the soft palate






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






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






31. Single bone - forms back of head - landmark- foramen magnum - (huge hole in this bone through which the spinal cord passes)






32. Site for large muscles of the neck to attach






33. 4 bones with processes attaching to maxilla






34. Prefix meaning too much






35. Allows jaw to move forward and backward - occurs between disk and articular eminence in the upper synovial cavity






36. End of the muscle that is attached to the least movable structure






37. Forms sockets of teeth






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






39. Not part of TMJ - but rather on the medial side of the mandible - Attaches @ spine of sphenoid bone to the lingual of the mandibular foramen - becomes taut when mandible is protruded






40. Large amounts of blood that escape into the surroudning tissue without clotting - when a blood vessel is seriously injured






41. Muscle of facial expression - helps mastication by keeping food on the chewing surface - cheek muscle






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






43. V- trigeminal - VII- facial






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






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






46. Towards the crown of a tooth






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






48. Opening or canal in the bone






49. Largest endocrine glandthyroxine - should be part of extraoral exam- palpate - goiter- inflammed neck - responsible for metabolic rate and temp- control






50. Also known as malar bone - forms cheek bone - forms zygomatic arch with temporal bone - 4 process form arch - often seen in panoramic and PAX