Anat

Question 1

What are the 8 bones of the skull?

Answer 1

Frontal, Parietal, Occipital, Sphenoid, Temporal, Zygomatic, Maxillary, Mandible

Question 2

10 sutures of the skull

Answer 2

sagittal, bregma, coronal, sphenofrontal, sphenoparietal, sphenosquamos, squamos, occipitomastoid, pareitomastoid, lambdoid

Question 3

3 types of Meninges

Answer 3

Dura, Arachnoid, and Pia mater

Question 4

What is the dural-venous sinus

Answer 4

drainage system in the dura that allows blood to leave brain and csf to circulate.

Question 5

sphenoid sinus

Answer 5

deep sinus, have to get through the clinoud to get to

Question 6

What is a Meningioma

Answer 6

Most common type of primary brain tumor, 34% of all brain tumors, grow from meningies, generally slow growing, non-malignant, 2x a common in women than men.

Question 7

What are Gliomas

Answer 7

originate in the Glial cells, graded from 1-4 in severity, common

Question 8

What is GBM

Answer 8

large, non-concentric tumors characterized by the hooks coming off of primary tumor, GBM are grade 4 tumors, 14% of primary brain tumors, survival rate 5%

Question 9

What are Mets brain tumors

Answer 9

Most common include, breast, melanoma and lung, most common type of brain tumor

Question 10

What are Pituitary tumors

Answer 10

benign, 15% of primary brain tumors