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Anatomy Flashcards

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Motor tracts used for standing/extensors

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Vestibulospinal

Pontinoreciculospinal

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Extra pyramidal tracts

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Tectospinal
Rubrospinal
Reticulospinal
Vestibulospinal
Olivospinal
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Motor tracts used to sit/flexors

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Rubrospinal

Medullaryreticulospinal

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Features of neonatal skull

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Teeth not erupted
No mastoid process
No styloid process
No paranasal sinuses
Small viscerocranium

(Danger of facial nerve palsy)

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How long will fontanelles remain open

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Until second year

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Bruise behind ear

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Battle sign following basal skull fracture

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Which foramen does the middle meningeal artery pass through

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Foramen spinosum

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Why is infection easily spread via venous blood in head

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Extensive anastomoses between extra cranial and intracranial venous drainage

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CNlll muscles

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Extraocular
Levator palpabrae superioris

Sphincter pupilae
Ciliary muscle

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Nerve that runs extradural path

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CN Vl

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Nerve supply to stylopharyngeus

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CN lX

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Muscle of tongue not supplied by hypoglossal n

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Palatoglossus (CNX)

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Petechial haemorrhages in mammillary bodies

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Wernike’s disease - chronic alcoholism with thiamine deficiency

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Junction of coronal and sagittal suture

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Bregma

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Weak area on skull

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Pterion

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Four fontanelles plus one possible one

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Anterior
Posterior
Sphenoid
Mastoid
(Metopic)
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Maxillary vein joins superficial temporal v to form

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Retromandibular

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Retromandibular joins …. And then connects to …

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Facial v

Internal jugular

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Muscles of facial expression

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Orbicularis oculi
Orbicularis oris
Buccinator
Platysma
Occipitofrontalis
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Branches of facial nerve

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Posterior auricular
Cervical
Marginal mandibular
Buccal
Zygomatic
Temporal
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Posterior triangle

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Anterior trapezius
Posterior sternocleidomastoid
Middle half clavicle

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Contents of post triangle

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CNXl
Occipital branch of external carotid artery
Cervical nerves supplying face
Scalene muscles (ant, post, mid)
Inferior belly omohyoid
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Boundaries of ant triangle

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Ant sternocleidomastoid
Midline of neck
Inferior border of mandible

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Contents of ant triangle

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Suprahyoid muscles
Infrahyoid muscles 
Thyroid gland
Mylohyoid 
Ant belly digastric 
Recurrent laryngeal n
Hypoglossal n etc
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Structures that pierce thyrohyoid membrane

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Superior laryngeal artery

Internal laryngeal nerve

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Hypoglossal joins cervical branches to form

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Ansa cervicalis -> infra hyoid strap muscles

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Branches of V1

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Supra orbital
Supratrochlear 
Lacrimal
Infratrochlear
Ext nasal
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Branches of V2

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Zygomatic (temporal, facial)

Infraorbital

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Branches of V3

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Buccal

Inferior alveolar -> mental

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Internal carotid blood supply to face

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Supraorbital

Supratrochlear

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30
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Branches of facial artery

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Submental
Inf labial
Superior labial
Angular

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Branches of external carotid

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Superficial temporal -> transverse facial
Maxillary -> inf alveolar -> mental
-> buccal

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32
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Contents of carotid sheath

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Common carotid artery
Internal jugular vein
Vagus nerve

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Vein that crosses obliquely over sternocleidomastoid muscle

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External carotid vein

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34
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Tear film layers

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Outer -> thin lipid
Middle -> aqueous
Inner -> mucin

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35
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Fx of outer tear film layer

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Retard evaporation

Stabilize smooth refractive surface

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36
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Fx of middle tear film layer

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Defense against infection

-> oxygen, vit A, aa, lubrication, PI, antimicrobials, GFs

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Fx of inner tear film

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Anchor film to microvilli of surface epithelium

38
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Muscles of mastication

A

Masseter
Temporalis
Medial and lateral pterigoids
Buccinator

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What pierces buccinator

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Parotid duct

40
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Signs in Horners syndrome

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Flushed
Dry skin
Anisochoria
Ptosis

= decrease sympathetic supply

41
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Bones of the orbit

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Frontal, maxillary, zygomatic

Lacrimal, ethmoid, palatine, sphenoid

42
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Actions of accommodation

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Convergence
Constriction - pupils
Contraction - ciliary muscles

43
Q

Nerve supply to ciliary muscle

A

CN lll
Sympathetic fibres

(Ciliary ganglion)

44
Q

Cause of protrusion of eye

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Carotocavernous fistula

45
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Fx of extrinsic laryngeal muscles

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Stabiles and change position larynx

46
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Supra hyoid larynx muscles (extrinsic)

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Digastric
Stylohyoid
Mylohyoid
Geniohyoid

47
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Infrahyoid muscles of larynx (extrinsic)

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Omohyoid
Sternohyoid
Sternothyroid
Thyrohyoid

48
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Intrinsic muscles of larynx

A 
Transverse and oblique arytenoid
Thyroarytenoid
Lateral cricoarytenoid
Posterior cricoarytenoid 
Vocalis
49
Q

Muscles that adduct the vocal cords

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Thyroarytenoid
Transverse arytenoid
Lateral cricoarytenoid

50
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Muscles that abduct the vocal cords

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Posterior cricoarytenoid

51
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Nerve that supplies extrinsic laryngeal muscles

A

Superior laryngeal

52
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Nerve supplying intrinsic laryngeal muscles

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Recurrent laryngeal n

53
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Functions of intrinsic laryngeal muscles

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Sphincter (swallowing, raise intrapulmonary pressure)
Respiration
Phonation

54
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Remnant of thyroid decent

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Pyramidal lobe

55
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Arterial supply to thyroid

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Superior and inferior thyroid aa

56
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Venous drainage of thyroid

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Superior and middle vv -> IJV

Inferior vv -> brachiocephalic v

57
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Extrinsic muscle of tongue

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Genioglossus
Hyoglossus. CNXll
Styloglossus

Palatoglossus (CNX)

58
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Intrinsic muscles of tongue

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Superior and inferior longitudinal m
Transverse m
Vertical m

59
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Papillae of tongue

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Lingual tonsil
Circum valate
Fungiform
Filiform

60
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Nerve supply to tongue

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Gen sensory - X,lX,V3

Spec sensory - X,IX,Xll

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Ligaments of spine

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Anterior longitudinal log

Posterior longitudinal - ligamentum flavum, inter spinous lig, supra spinous lig

62
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Nerve supply to parotid

63
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Nerve supply to external ear

A

Vagus
Greater auricular (C2&3)
Lesser occipital C2
Auriculotemporal V3

64
Q

Parts of the trigeminal nucleus

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  • mesencephalic (proprioception)
  • pontine (touch)
  • spinal (pain and temp)
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From midline, areas of cranial nerve nuclei in brainstem

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  • general somatic efferent
  • branchial efferent
  • general visceral efferent
  • general visceral afferent
  • special visceral afferent
  • general somatic afferent
  • special somatic afferent
66
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Where do ascending columns synapse in the thalamus?

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Ventral posterior nucleus

67
Q

Two main pain pathways

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  • lateral (thick fibers for rapid tans mission)

- medial (slower signals)

68
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Where do dorsal spinocerebellar tract fibers enter the cerebellum?

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Inferior cerebellar peduncle (ipsilateral)

69
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Where do ventral spinocerebellar tract fibers enter the cerebellum?

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Superior cerebellar peduncle (contralat)

70
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Origins of parasympathetic outflow

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CN 3,7,9,10

Sacral nerves

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Origins of sympathetic outflow

72
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Where does reticular formation terminate?

73
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Delirium

A

Disorientation, restlessness, confusion, hallucinations, agitation, alternating with other conscious states
Develops quickly

74
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Dementia

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Progressive decline in spatial orientation, memory, behavior and language

75
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Confusion

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Reduced awareness, easily distracted, easily startled, alternates between drowsiness and excitability

76
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Somnolence

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Extreme drowsiness, but will respond normally to stimuli

77
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Chronic vegetative state

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Conscious but unresponsive

No evidence of cortical function

78
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Stupor

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Can be aroused by extreme/repeated stimuli

79
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Spinal shock

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Longterm depression of spinal reflexes

80
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Order of reflexes returning after spinal shock

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  • babinski sign
  • contraction of anal sphincter
  • genital reflexes
  • flexor withdrawal in foot and ankle
  • flexor withdrawal in limbs
  • reflex of extensor muscles
  • extensor spasms
  • clonus
  • clasp knife reflex
  • crossed extension reflex
  • hyperactive stretch reflexes
  • flexor spasms
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Decorticate rigidity

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Moderate due to loss of inhibition of gamma motor neurons
Only seen at rest
Flexion of upper extremities
Extension of lower extremities

82
Q

Decerebrate rigidity

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Tonic, static postural reflex mechanisms
Extension in all four limbs
Usually fatal

83
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Consequences of spinal cord hemisection

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  • loss of movement on ipsilateral side

- loss of pain, temp, and sensation on contra lateral side

84
Q

What is primary lateral sclerosis?

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Degeneration of upper motor neurons only

85
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Features of SDH on CT

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  • crescent shaped
  • hyper dense
  • doesn’t cross dural reflections
86
Q

Regions in diffuse atonal injury

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  • subcortical white matter
  • posterior limb of internal capsule
  • corpus callosum
  • dorso lateral midbrain
87
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Complications of uncal herniation

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  • compression of ipsilat posterior cerebral artery and visual field defect
  • compression of CN3
  • compression of contralat posterior cerebral artery
  • compression of crus cerebri (hemiparesis)
  • occlusion of aqueduct (hydrocephalus)
88
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Pathogenesis of duret hemorrhage

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Stretching of upper branches of basilar artery as midbrain descends
Tearing

89
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Names of cisterns

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  • cerebellomedullary (cisterns magna)
  • pontine
  • interpeduncular
  • superior (dorsal to midbrain)
90
Q

structure of the fornix

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  • fimbria
  • crus
  • body
  • anterior commissure
91
Q

Layers of the scalp, skull and meninges

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  • skin
  • connective tissue
  • aponeurosis of fronto-occipitalis
  • loose connective/areolar tissue
  • periosteum
  • outer cortical bone
  • spongy bone
  • inner cortical bone
  • endo steal layer of dura mater
  • meningeal layer of dura mater
  • arachnoid
  • pia mater

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