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Dental Hygiene Boards Anatomy

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1. Lymph node that drains lymph from a particular region






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






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






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






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






6. Inside of the mouth






7. The bone that surrounds the roots of the teeth. It forms the bony sockets that support and protect the roots of the teeth






8. Artery to max molars






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






10. Network of blood vessels - usually veins






11. Number of cranial bones






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






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






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






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






16. Anterior Superior Alveolar Nerve






17. Huge foramen in occipital bone through which the spinal cord passes






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






19. Back of an area of the body






20. Fuses with frontal bone facially






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






22. General term for any prominence on a bony surface






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






24. Characteristics that appear on a specific bone






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






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






27. XII nerve - primarily tongue movement - motor






28. Paired glands lcoated inside the medial angle of mandible - walnut sized - Wharton's Duct - Mixed salivary compostion- 60-65% - Empties behind mandibular anterior teeth






29. 4 muscles of mastication






30. Opening or canal in the bone






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






32. Triangular area where medial and lateral views of the mandible come together - Provides support for patients with lower partial






33. 3rd and largest division of trigeminal nerve - sensory and motor to mandible






34. Vertical portion of mandible






35. Watery basis of blood composition






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






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






38. A band of fibrous tissue that connects bones






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






40. Under tongue






41. Structure closest to the palate






42. Both watery and ropey saliva composition combined






43. Layers of soft tissue overlying the bones of the brain case






44. Area under nose that extends from nasal septum to the top of the lip






45. A joint on each side of the ehad that allows for movement of the mandible - speech - and mastication - Location: where condyle of mandible articulates with the zygomatic process of the temporal bone






46. Section of the body through any horizontal plane






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






48. Also known as trigeminal ganglion - Where the 3 division of trigeminal nerve meet






49. Sides of tongue






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