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Dental Hygiene Boards Anatomy

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1. Connects anterior superior alveolar artery and middle superior alveolar arter to the maxillary artery






2. Area that is closer to the median plane of the body or structure






3. 2 accessory muscles of mastication






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






5. XII nerve - primarily tongue movement - motor






6. Shuts down communication of nerves and neurons by blocking the chemicals from entering at the synapses






7. Both watery and ropey saliva composition combined






8. Front area of the body






9. Structures closest to the facial surface






10. Normal flora creating an infectious process because the body's defenses are compromised






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






12. Movement accomplished by a muscle when the muscle fibers contract






13. Loss of action of the facial muscles






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






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






16. Main portion of the anterior border of ramus






17. VI cranial nerve - motor - movement of eyeball






18. Rising of the lower jaw






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






20. Muscle in the floor of the mouth - attaches to mylohyoid ridge






21. Any plane of the body created by an imaginary plane parallel with the median plane






22. Disorder involving one or both temporomandibular joints






23. Communication of a blood vessel with another blood vessel by a connecting channel






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






25. Paired bones - forms upper back side of skull






26. Ropey saliva composition






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






28. Muscles used for walking and tirggered by thought






29. Network of veins that comes together (paired)






30. Front area of the body






31. All cranial nerves are ________






32. V- trigeminal - VII- facial






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






34. Hollow organ - dual action pump - thick muscular walls - right side pumps to lungs - left side pumps to body






35. Aiming area for palatal injections






36. There are no ________ in the veins of the head and neck - which makes infection very easy to spread and to linger in an area






37. Paired glands located in the anterior floor of mouth under the tongue - smallest gland with many ducts - mixed salivay composition - but predominantly mucous- 10% volume






38. Zygomatic process of temporal bone - temporal process of zygomatic bone - maxillary process of zygomatic bone - zygomatic process of maxillary bone






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






40. Area where the bones are joined to each other






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






42. Site for large muscles of the neck to attach






43. Bundle of neurons






44. Bringing forward of the lower jaw






45. IX nerve - primarily sens of taste - sensory and motor






46. Sides of tongue






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






48. Bacteria traveling within the vascular system






49. Type of lymphatic vessel in which lymph flows out of the lymph node in the area of the node's hilus






50. Blood vessel that carries blood to heart - operates by valves