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Dental Hygiene Boards Anatomy

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1. Back of an area of the body






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






3. Resident microorganisms that usually do not cause infections






4. Abnormal sensation from an area such as burning or prickling






5. Back of an area of the body






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






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






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






9. Tubercle or rounded elevation on a bony surface






10. Artery to tongue






11. 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






12. Point on upper lip where the philtrum terminates






13. Opening or canal in the bone






14. V- trigeminal - VII- facial






15. Connects to common carotid arter






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






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






18. Under tongue






19. Single bone - forms the forehead and the top of the eye - contains supraorbital notch - location of frontal sinuses






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






21. IV cranial nerve - motor - movement of eyeball






22. Forms sockets of teeth






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






24. 2 branches of peripheral nervous system






25. Structures on the opposite side of the body






26. Muscle auto-responses from body - ex: breathing - digestion - heartbeat - eyes






27. Pair bones Landmarks- Infraorbital foramen Processes- alveolar - zygomatic - frontal - and palatine






28. Artery to max molars






29. Disorder involving one or both temporomandibular joints






30. Anterior 2/3 of tongue






31. 'flight or flight' responses






32. Structures closest to the inner cheek






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






34. Some Say Marry Money - But My Brother Says - Bad Business - Marry Money






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






36. Site for large muscles of the neck to attach






37. 2 places where bones grow at






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






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






40. A band of fibrous tissue that connects bones






41. Depression on one side of a lymph node where lymph flows out by way of an efferent lymphatic vessel






42. Type of injection that anesthetizes a larger area than local infiltration because the local anesthetic agen is deposited near large nerve trunks






43. 1st and smallest division of trigeminal nerve - carries sensory information to brain - sensory for eyeball - cornea - and forehead






44. Decreased saliva flow






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






46. Single bone - forms back of head - landmark- foramen magnum






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






48. Vomer - lacrimal bones- paired - inferior nasal conchae- paired - zygomatic bones- paired - maxillary bones- paired - mandible






49. Singe bone - bat-shaped - forms anterior base of skull - many foramen and processes - landmark- greater wing of sphenoid






50. 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