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Dental Hygiene Boards Anatomy

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1. Opening or canal in the bone






2. Trauma to a blood vessel






3. 2 branches of autonomic nervous system






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






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






6. Decreased saliva flow






7. XI nerve - synergist to Vagus nerve - Motor






8. Occipital - frontal - parietal-paired - temporal- paired - sphenoid - ethmoid






9. 3rd and largest division of trigeminal nerve - sensory and motor to mandible






10. XII nerve - primarily tongue movement - motor






11. Tubercle or rounded elevation on a bony surface






12. Bruise that results when a blood vessel is injured and a small amount of blood escapes into the surrounding tissue and clots






13. Lymph node that drains lymph from a particular region






14. Area that is farther away from the median plane of the body or structure






15. Water saliva composition






16. Structures located toward the surface of the body






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






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






19. Artery to max premolars






20. Vertical portion of mandible






21. 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






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






23. Site of a junction or union between two or more bones






24. Structure closest to the palate






25. Structures located inward - away from the body surface






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






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






28. Back of an area of the body






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






30. Cellular component pertaining to nervous system






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






32. Paired - forms bridge of nose






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






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






35. Bacteria traveling within the vascular system






36. Disorder involving one or both temporomandibular joints






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






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






39. Protect - support - basis for movement - consideration in spread of dental infections






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






41. Paired bones - forms bridge of the nose






42. Single bone - bat-shaped - forms anterior base of the skull - has many foramens and processes - landmark- greater wing of sphenoid






43. 'rest or digest' responses






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






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






46. 'flight or flight' responses






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






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






49. Paired bones - forms upper back side of skull






50. Portion of mandible that connects to the TMJ