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Dental Hygiene Boards Anatomy

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1. Paired bones - most posterior part of the hard palate - 2 bones fuse together @ the midline to form the hard palate - greater palatine foramen located @ posterior lateral region






2. Tip of tongue






3. Structures closest to the tongue






4. 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






5. Structures on the same side of the body






6. Posterior superior alveolar nerve






7. 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






8. Secreted into blood; hormones - such as thyroid and pituitary glands






9. Mono- - lymph- - leukocytes; varying types






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






11. 2 accessory muscles of mastication






12. Muscles used for walking and tirggered by thought






13. Single bone - midline bone of cranium - part of nose - lies behind the frontal bone - between the eyes






14. Fuses with frontal bone facially






15. A band of fibrous tissue that connects bones






16. Single bone - only movable bone of face - many landmarks present - largest and strongest bone of face - articulates with temporal bone to form TMJ






17. Opening or canal in the bone






18. Disorder involving one or both temporomandibular joints






19. Top posterior of tongue






20. Outer side of the wall of a hollow structure






21. Network of blood vessels - usually veins






22. Type of blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart






23. Area that is farther away from the median plane of the body






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






25. Foreign material or thrombus traveling in the blood that can block the vessel






26. 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






27. Plane created by an imaginary line that divides the body at any level into anterior and posterior portions






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






29. Area that faces toward the head of the body - away from the feet






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






31. Connects to aorta






32. Erythrocytes






33. Largest gland. paired. located in front of ear - outside of skull - under skin and muscle. Stenson's Duct. Serous secretions- 25% of total volume. Responsible for mumps






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






35. Back of an area of the body






36. Characteristics that appear on a specific bone






37. Section of the body through any horizontal plane






38. Lymph node that drains lymph from a particular region






39. Large vein on top of heart






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






41. V- trigeminal - VII- facial






42. VI cranial nerve - motor - movement of eyeball






43. Control center - one of the major divisions of nervous system - composed of brain and spinal cord - surrounded by skull and spinal vertebrae for protection






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






45. Section of the body through any frontal plane






46. Region of the head located inferior to the orbial region and lateral to the nasal region






47. Bringing forward of the lower jaw






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






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






50. Attaches several muscles to mandible