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20 Cards in this Set
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The mandible bone is different from the other bones of the skull in three ways. Name them.
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1) not attached to other bones of the skull by sutures
2) It's mobile 3) Not part of the cranium (or the facial skeleton) |
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The junction where the frontal, parietal, sphenoid, and temporal bones are in close proximity is called the ________
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Pterion
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What are the clinical consequences of a skull fracture in the pterion region?
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Meningeal artery can be torn---> extradural hematoma
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the point of the external occipital protuberance (which comes off of the superior nuchal line) is called the _____
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Inion
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The calva (skull cap) is made up of which bones?
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Parietals, frontal, occipital
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The junction of the coronal and sagittal sutures is called the ______
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Bregma
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The junction of the sagittal and lambdoid sutures is called the _____
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Lambda
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Label these layers, seen in the bones of the calvaria
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Top most chunk: Scalp
Pericranium Top (Compact) bone: External table Middle (Spongy) bone: Diploe Bottom (Compact) bone: Internal table Dura |
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Which foramen is filled with cartilage?
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Foramen lacerum
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The glandular foveolae mark the location of _______ which reabsorb CSF
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Arachnoid granulations
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Which bones is the foramen cecum between, and which veins does it transmit?
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between frontal and ethmoid bones
Transmits Emissary veins on the way to nasal cavity |
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Which foramen transmits the middle meningeal artery?
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Foramen spinosum
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Which foramen transmits the maxillary branch of the trigeminal nerve?
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Foramen rotudum
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Which formen transmits the mandibular branch of the trigeminal nerve?
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Foramen ovale
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Which structure contains the pituitary gland?
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Sella turcica
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What passes through the internal acoustic meatus?
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The facial nerve (7)
The vestibulocochlear nerve (8) labyrinthine artery |
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What passes through the foramen magnum?
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The spinal cord which becomes the brain stem
Also, vertebral arteries meninges spinral roots f the accessory nerve |
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What is a depressed skull fracture, and what complications results?
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bony fragment depressed below normal skull convexity
compression of arteries and veins--hematoma Primary brain injury |
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What is a compound fracture, and what are the complications?
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Fracture of the bone along with breach of the skin, which may allow an infection to enter (Scalp lacerations, usually)
Treated with antibiotics Complications; meningitis, can be fatal is across the sinuses |
