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Avascular necrosis of the femoral head is caused by cutting what nerve?
medial circumflex femoral
what are the two front and back sutures we should know? what's the one that connects 4 bones?
the lambdoid (back) and bergma (front)

the pterion
what are the layers of the scalp?
5 layers!
S.C.A.L.P
Skin

Connective tissue (where the VAN lives)

Aponerosis (encloses frontalis)

Loose aerolar tissue (danger area - infection through emissary veins to the dural sinuses)

Pericranium (wraps around each individual bone)
what kind of fascia does the face have?
no deep fascia - that's why bruises spread so easily
What are the 3 branches of the trigeminal nerve, what hole do they exit, and what do they have to do with embryology?
Sensory to face: (standing room only)
V1 = opthalmic nerve, through superior orbital fissure, from fronto-nasal process

V2 = maxillary nerve, through foramen rotundum, from 1st maxilary process of pharyngeal arch

V3 = mandibular nerve - through foramen ovale, also motor root for mastication muscles. from mandibular part of 1st pharyngeal arch
Trigeminal nerve divisions - where is pain referred?
V1 - frontal sinus pain referred to orbit.

V2 - maxillary sinus pain referred to upper molars
What arteries feed the face, and where do they come from?
Most from external carotid:
facial, superfiical temporal, posterior aricular, occipital, transverse facial.

EXCEPTION: supraorbital and supratroclear, via opthalmic artery (internal) = anastamoses
what's the danger zone of the face, and why?
around the nose - bacteria can drain through the facial vein to the cavernous sinus
muscles of facial expression - what nerve innervates, and what embryologic structure are they derived from?
all from CN7 = Facial Nerve. Think buccinator, occipito frontalis, orbicularis occuli/oris. All from 2nd pharyngeal arch.
Parotoid gland and cancer - what nerve should i think of?
3rd branch of the facial nerve goes over it and is often affected.
What are the branches of the external corotid?
Some Angry Lady Figured Out PMS:

Superior thyroid
ascending pharyngeal
lingual
facial
occipital
posterior auricular
maxillary
(transverse facial?)
superficial temporal
what are the branches of the facial nerve?
to zanzibar by motor car, or ten zebras bit my cock.

temporal, zygomatic, bucchal, marginal mandibular, cervical
what cranial nerves are motor, mixed, or both?
some say marry money, but my brother says big boobs matter more
what are the muscles of mastication?
MTPP (empty pee pee)

masseter, temporal, pterygoids (lat/med)
what nerve innervate the occular muscles?
LR6 SO4 R3

Lateral rectus = 6 (abducens)
Superior oblique = 4 (troclear)
Rest = 3 (occular motor)
Cranial nerves - tell me about GSE:
General Sensory Efferent - SOMITE DERIVED muscle groups, cell bodies in brain stem. 3, 4, 6, 11, 12 (ALL MOTOR ONLY)
Tell me about SVE cranial nerves:
Functionally the same as GSE, but derived from brachial arches (not somites!) = 5, 7, 9, 10, 11 (all MIXED!)
Tell me about GVE cranial nerves
Sympathetics - we already know they're 3, 7, 9 and 10. Like to hitch rides on vessels.
Tell me about GSA cranial nerves
Pain, pressure. 5, 7, 9, 10 (all only mixed!). Normal sensory stuff.
Tell me about GVA cranial nerves
burning, thirst, hunger, stretch. 9/10
Tell me about SSA nerves:
vision/hearing and balance - 2 and 8 (vision and hearing, respectively)
Tell me about SVA nerves
Taste/smell - 1, 7, 9, 10
CN1 - what kind of nerve bodies are present on the cribiform plate? What kind of cell bodies transmit the information? What's unique about CN1?

What kind of injury can happen here?
Unique because it leaves the CNS.

Bipolar neuron and mitral cells.

The subarachnoid space extends through here - so severe nose injuries can cause the leakage of CSF.
CN2 - what's a requirement for binocular vision? What is the nerve called before this are? What is it called after?
Decussation at the optic chiasm.

Optic nerve between eyball and middle, then it becomes the optic tract as it goes to the genticulate bodies
Lesions of the optic pathway - what happens if 1 optic nerve is damaged?
Total blindness in one eye on the same side,
What CN2 lesion is typical in strokes?
at the chiasm - this results in LOSS OF PERIPHERAL VISION
What happens in a CN2 lesion on the optic tract?
Loose half-vision in each eye, opposite to injury - meaning if right optic tract damaged, loose left lateral and right medial.
What is seen in people with ocularmotor (CN3) nerve palsy?
droopy eyelid (ptosis due to levator palpebrae),

DOWN AND OUT gaze (unopposed action of LR/SO)

Dilated pupil (parasympathetics traveling with CN3)

double vision, prominence of the globe, sensitivity to light.
CN4 - troclear nerve - what muscle does it control? What are symptoms of injury?
Happens after severe head injuries -

problems going down stairs, tilted head.Enters superior orbital fissure.
CN6 injury - what's up?
One eye is crosseyed - problem with aneurysm in the circle of willis, pressure on cavernous sinus, fracture of cranial base.
What are the 3 divisions of CN5 (trigeminal nerve?) What kind of information do they convey?
Opthalmic (Sensory)

Maxillary (sensory)

Mandibular (mixed) - only one to innervate skeletal muscles. Muscles of mastication.
What are the 3 divisions of V3?
Anterior - goes to pterygoid, masseter, and temporalis

Lingual (GSA to anterior 2/3 of tongue for pain, temperature, touch)

Inferior Alveolar (to the teeth!)
Trigeminal nerve - Where do all the GSA cell bodies live?
The semilunar or trigeminal ganglion
What muscles are innvervated by the trigeminal nerve?
MD my TV:

Mastication muscles (masseter, temporal, pterigoids)

Digastric (ant. belly)

Myohyoid

Tympani tensor

Veli palatini
What is trigeminal neuralgia?


What other disease should we think of?
Caused by compression at the root, can be messed with by elongated superior cerebellar artery or elongated anterior inferior cerebellar artery.

Get electroc shock like stabs, usually in v2

HERPES ZOSTER
CN 7 - Facial Nerve: How many roots?
2 - a large root with all the SVE fibers for muscles of facial expression

small root (nervus intermedius) with TASTE SVA fibers going to the ANT 2/3 of the tongue)
What are the sensory branches of the facial nerve?
To Zanzibar by Motor Car.

Temporal
Zygomatic
Bucchal
Marginal Mandibular
Cervical
Facial and Taste - what should i be thinking of?
Chorda Tympani 3rd branch of facial nerve. Anterior 2/3 of the tongue for taste, SVA
What is the stapedius?
A muscle controlled by the 2nd division of the facial nerve, the nerve to the stapidius. contracts to keep sound from being too loud - if not working, every sound is too loud.
3 kinds of facial nerve lesions.

1. before geniculat ganglion
2. just after
3. around stylomastoid foramen
1. Complete same side facial paralysis with loss of lacrimation/salivation/taste from 2/3 ant tongue.

2. just like above, but with taste

3. bell's palsy - taste/lacrimation work, but all same side facial expression muscles affected
CN-8 - Vestibulochocolear - What kind of nerve fiber is it? What branches make it up?
SSA.
What cranial nerves control the tongue, what information do they carry, and to which part?
Anterior 2/3:
pain/temp/touch = CN5 (trigeminal)
taste = CN7 (facial)

Posterior 1/3:
pain/temp/touch/taste = CN9
What cranial nerves pass through the jugular foramen?
9, 10, 11.
What's one way to test the functionality of the glossopharyngeal nerve (9?)
Gag reflex.
Tell me about the tongue - what nerves do pain/temperature/touch/taste on which part?
Anterior 2/3:
Pain/Temp/Touch by CN5 (trigeminal)
Taste by CN7 (facial)

Posterior 1/3:
Pain/Temperature/Touch/Taste by CN9 (glossopharyngeal)
Tell me about the vagus nerve (cn10). Where does it exit? What are its branches?
Exits the jugular foramen.

Branch to the pharyngeal plexus

Superior laryngeal nerve (which has two branches - the internal and external...internal is sensory to upper half of larynx, external is motor)

Recurrent laryngeal - sensory.motor to lower half of larynx.
What are some problems of lesions to CNX?
Hoarsness due to recurrent laryngeal nerve issues

Aphonia if both nerves messed up by cancer

Dysphagia

if the palate doesn't elevate when says "aha", problems. Loss of gag reflex.
What are the roots of the spinal accessory nerve (CN11)? Where do they come from and where do they go?
Spinal root comes from c1-c6, ascends through foramen magnum. joins cranial root from medulla, both exit jugular foramen.

Cranial root continues with the Vagus nerve.
Spinal accessory nerve (11) - What do lesions present as, and how might they happen?
Spinal part is sucbutaneous to the posterior cervical triangle - can be injured by nodal biopsies. Have trouble lifting head/drooped shoulder
Hypoglossal Nerve (CN12): What does it innervate? What muscle does it pass deep to? What problems can arise, and how are they tested?
Deep to mylohyoid.

Supplies extrinsic muscles of tongue (genioglossus, hyoglossus, styloglossus) and intrinsic muscles

EXCEPT - palatoglossus (vagus)

Problems show up as difficulty in articulation of words. Testing - stick out tongue, it deviates to the side of damage.
What muscles insert on the hyoid bone?
UP pulling
Mylohyoid (floor of mouth)
Geniohyoid (run front to back on top of mylohyoid)

Up/back pulling:
Stylohyoid (long, slender)
Digastric (from behind styloid, passes through styloid, to front of chin). Post/ant belly.

Down:
Omohyoid (most lateral, to scapula
Sternohyoid (straight down, to sternum)
Thyrohyoid (short, backside, to thyroid cartilege)
Legs:

What's that tendon on the leg that's an insertion for 3 muscles? what muscles?
Pes Anserinus:

Common insertion of:
gracilis, sartorious, semitentinosus.
Tell me about the superior and inferior gluteal nerves. Where do they come out of? What spinal segments do they represent?
Both from Sacral Plexus.

Superior Gluteal: comes out above piraformis, in the greater siatic foramen. Made of L4, 5, S1

Inferior Gluteal: comes out below piraformis, in the greater siatic foramen. Made of L5, S1, S2
What nerve innervates the hamstrings?
Hamstrings are controlled by the siatic nerve, via the tibial nerve.

Exception: short head of biceps femoris is controlled by the common perioneal branch of the siatic.
damage to the deep perioneal nerve causes what typical symptom?
foot drop! no dorsiflexion.
damage to the tibial nerve results in what typical symptom?
shuffling - loss of plantar flexion, difficulty getting the heel off the ground.
Leg dermatomes: what's important?
t12 - ends at inguinal ligament.
below inguinal ligament: L1

L4: knee, medial foot, ankle.
L5: medial foot.
S2: posterior/medial thigh
Where does the lymph of the urethra, external genitalia (not testes) and lower half of anal canal drain?
superficial inguinal lymph nodes!
What are the structures below the medial mallelous?
Going medial to lateral:
Tom Dick Van Harry:

Tibialis posterior tendon
Flexor Digitorum Longus
Vein/Artery: Posterior Tibial
Flexor Hallicus Longus
Foot! On the dorsal side, what artery feeds it? what does it break into? What nerve?
Dorsal Side: Anterior Tibial Artery becomes the DORSALIS PEDIS, get lateral and medial tarsal branmches

The Deep Peroneal Nerve becomes the "medial branch of the deep peroneal"
Foot! Plantar side - what main artery and nerve feed it?
Artery: The posterior tibial artery becomes the MEDIAL/LATERAL Plantar Artery!

Nerve: The tibial nerve becomes the MEDIAL/LATERAL plantar nerve
What's a positive trendelenburg sign?
Due to lesion of the superior gluteal nerve:
if pt. lifts left leg, pelvis slopes to left (right side higher). this is a right superior gluteal nerve injury.

also, they waddle. little abduction of the affected leg.
Describe the lymph drainage of the superfiical and deep gluteal region:
superficial - exits to superficial inguinal to external iliac

deep - exits to superior/inferior gluteal nodes to the int/ext/common iliac to lateral aortic lumbar
Inversion/Eversion of the foot - what's the motion?
Think of the sole of the foot - inversion points the sole inwards (big toe up), eversion points the sole laterally (big toe down).
What muscles/nerves control eversion of the foot?
the deep peroneal and tibial nerves - tibialis anterior, tibialis anterior, extensor hallcuis longus.
Where should butt injections be given?
Upper lateral quadrant to avoid hurting the siatic nerve.
What can the gluteus medius/minimus do differently from the piriformis, opturator internus, quadratus femoris?
they all abduct - but the gluteus minimus/medius medially rotate. the rest laterally rotate.
What nerve(s) innervate the adductor magnus? What about the short/long heads of biceps femoris?
Adductor magnus: top portion by the obturator, distal portion by the tibial branch of the siatic.

Short head: by the common peroneal branch of the siatic
Long head: by the tibial portion of the siatic.
how do rectus femoris and sartorious differ in their action?
rectus femoris can flex the thigh and extend the leg.

sartorious can flex the thigh and flex the leg
what structures are in the adductor canal?
femoral artery and vein, and the saphenous nerve
Foot nerves - what's up? what muscles do they innervate?
Tibial Nerve splits into the medial and lateral plantar nerves.

Medial plantar nerve: cutaneous of 3/5 toes and muscles: abductor halucis, flexor halucis brevis, flexor digitorum brevis, and 1 lumbrical.

lateral plantar n: 1.5 toes and muscles: all 14 remaining muscles
plantar arteries: what are they? what important branch do they give off?
plantar arteries = posterior tibial A branches into the medial/lateral plantar arteries.

the lateral makes the deep plantar arch
Feet: At what ligaments do inversion and eversion take place?
Subtalar and transverse tarsal ligaments, respectively?