Chapter 14-17 Flashcards
rigid bony box that protects the brain and special sense organs and it includes the bones of the cranium and the face
skull
What are the four cranial bones?
frontal, parietal, occipital, and temporal
adjacent cranial bones unite at meshed immovable joints
sutures
Three types of sutures:
coronal, sagittal, lambdoid
separates the head lengthwise between the two parietal bones
sagittal
separates the parietal bones crosswise from the occipital bone
lambdoid
crowns the head from ear to ear at the union of frontal and parietal bones
coronal
located on C7, on the neck
Vertebra prominens
A physician tells the nurse that a patients vertebra prominens is tender and asks the nurse to reevaluate the area in 1 hour. The area of the body the nurse will assess is:
a. Just above the diaphragm.
b. Just lateral to the knee cap.
c. At the level of the C7 vertebra.
d. At the level of the T11 vertebra.
C.
**The C7 vertebra has a long spinous process, called the vertebra prominens, which is palpable when the head is flexed.
What gland is in the cheek over the mandible , anterior to or below the ear?
parotid
What gland is beneath the mandible at the angle of the jaw?
submandibular
What gland lies on the floor of the mouth?
sublingual
What lies superior to the temporalis muscle; its pulsation is palpable anterior to the ear?
temporal artery
What are the major neck muscles?
What cranial nerve do they innervate at?
sternomastoid and trapezius
They are innervated by cranial nerve XI (the spinal accessory)
The nurse notices that a patients palpebral fissures are not symmetric. On examination, the nurse may find that damage has occurred to which cranial nerve (CN)?
a. III
b. V
c. VII
d. VIII
C.
**asymmetry of palpebral fissures may be attributable to damage to CN VII (Bell palsy).
What describes the delimited by the base of the skull and inferior border of the mandible above and by the manubrium sterni, the clavicle, first rib, first thoracic vertebra?
Neck
Sternomastoid muscle divides each side of the neck into two triangles:
anterior and posterior
endocrine gland that is rich in blood supply; synthesizes and secretes T3 and T4 hormones that stimulate the rate of cellular metabolism; this gland has two lobes
thyroid gland
midline, behind the tip of the mandible
submental
Which cranial nerve?
Facial sensations of pain or touch
Cranial nerve V, Trigeminal
What artery supplies the face, salivary glands, and superficial temporal area?
external carotid artery
What artery branches off the common carotid, runs inward and upward to supply the brain?
internal carotid artery
behind the sternomastoid muscle
posterior triangle
lies in front, between the sternomastoid and midline of the body, lower border of the mandible
anterior triangle
in front of the ear
preauricular
superficial to the mastoid process
posterior auricular