first long quiz

Question 1

stylomastoid foramen

Answer 1

facial nerve

Question 2

condylar canal

Answer 2

emissary veins

Question 3

foramen spinosum

Answer 3

middle meningeal artery

Question 4

incisive foramen

Answer 4

Nasopalatine nerve; sphenopalatine vessels

Question 5

foramen ovale

Answer 5

Mandibular nerve

Question 6

the suture that articulates with the parietal bone

Answer 6

coronal

Question 7

the junction between the frontal, parietal, sphenoid, and temporal bones

Answer 7

pterion

Question 8

the suture which is the final articulation across the lower part of the lateral portion of the calvaria between the temporal bone and occipital bone

Answer 8

occipitomastoid suture

Question 9

another name for sutural bones

Answer 9

wormian bones

Question 10

another name for skull cap

Answer 10

calva, calvaria

Question 11

results from damage to the middle meningeal artery

Answer 11

extradural hematoma

Question 12

the common type of circumscribed lesion in the skull of young children that produces a depression without splintering

Answer 12

pond fracture

Question 13

bleeding from the nose and leakage of CSF into the nose is seen in which cranial fossa

Answer 13

anterior cranial fossa

Question 14

leakage of CSF and blood from the external auditory meatus is seen in fractures of which cranial fossa

Answer 14

middle cranial fossa

Question 15

blood escapes into the nape of the neck deep to the postvertebral muscles is seen in which fracture of the cranial fossa

Answer 15

posterior cranial fossa

Question 16

most common facial fracture involves which bone of the skull

Answer 16

nasal

Question 17

a small sickle shaped fold of dura mater that is attached on the internal occipital crest

Answer 17

falx cerebella

Question 18

circular fold of dura mater that forms roof for the sella turcica

Answer 18

diaphragm sella

Question 19

meningeal veins lie in which layer of the dura

Answer 19

endosteal

Question 20

produced by the choroid plexus

Answer 20

csf

Question 21

the spinal subarachnoid space extends far down as far as which sacral vertebra

Answer 21

2

Question 22

the lobe of the brain situated in front of the central sulcus

Answer 22

frontal

Question 23

motor area

Answer 23

precentral gyrus

Question 24

sensory area

Answer 24

postcentral gyrus

Question 25

auditory area

Answer 25

superior temporal gyrus

Question 26

visual area

Answer 26

calcarine sulcus

Question 27

broca’s area

Answer 27

motor speech area

Question 28

name 3 types of hemorrhage that can occur from trauma or cerebral vessels

Answer 28

• extradural hemorrhage
• subdural
• subarachnoid

Question 29

name 5 major parts of the brain

Answer 29

• cerebrum
• diencephalon
• pons
• medulla
• cerebellum

Question 30

name the bones that make up the cranium

Answer 30

• temporal, parietal, frontal, sphenoid, ethmoid, occipital bones
• paired nasal bones, palatine, lacrimal, zygomatic, maxillae, inferior nasal conchae, unpaired vomer

Question 31

name 6 openings in the middle cranial fossa

Answer 31

-superior orbital fissure, foramen rotundum, foramen ovale, rounded intracranial opening of carotid canal, foramen lacerum, foraman spinosum

Question 32

4 openings of posterior cranial fossa

Answer 32

-internal acoustic meatus, hypoglossal canal, condylar canal, foramen magnum

Question 33

3 medical imaging procedures used in head

Answer 33

-radiography, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, ultrasonography

Question 34

4 dural partitions of the cranial cavity

Answer 34

-falx cerebri, tentorium cerebelli, falx cerebelli, diaphragma sellae

Question 35

branches of the circle of willis

Answer 35

-anterior communicating artery, 2 posterior communicating artery

Question 36

5 foramina seen in the inferior view of the skull

Answer 36

-incisive fossa, incisive foramina, incisive canals, greater palatine foramina, lesser palatine foramina

Question 37

trace flow of CSF from site of production and back to the veins

Answer 37

• epithelial cells of choroid plexus within the lateral, third, fourth ventricles of the brain
• passes from lateral ventricles through interventricular foramina(foramina Monro) to enter 3rd ventricle
• passes through cerebral aqueduct(aqueduct of Sylvius) into 4th ventricle
• passes into subarachnoid space via Foramen Magendie and foramen of Luschka