GA: Skull Flashcards
What are the main cranial bones?
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How do they get surgical access to the cranial cavity?
Bone Flaps
Keep bone attached to as much tissue as possible for good healing.
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Which bone unties the cranial + facial bones?
Sphenoid bone
What is on the ethmoid bone that is of importance?
*I snort meth*
- Ethmoidal Air sinuses
- Cribiform plate –> olfactorynerve descends along the lateral borders
- Cribiform Foramina –> passageway for olfactory nerve brancehs
What are the important features on the sphenoid bone?
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What are the facial bones?
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Zygomatic
Lecrimal
Nasal
Inferior Nasal Conchae
Vomer
Palatine
Maxillae
Mandible
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What bone can contribute to a cleft lip/cleft palate?
Palantine bone
What are the 3 primary types of maxillary fractures?
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Can you label the nasal cavity?
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MEN LIPS
Maxilla, Ethmoid, Nasal, Lacrimal, Inferior Nasal Concha, Palatine, Sphenoid
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What bones manke up the orbital sinus?
7 bones
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Sphenoid
Lacrimal
Zygomatic
Maxilla
Ethmoid
Palatine
Frontal
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What are the 4 paranasal sinuses?
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What are the frontanelles of the neonate?
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What are the foramina for the cranial nerves?
1 –> Cribriform plate
2 –> Optic Canal
3, 4, 5 (V1), 6 –> Superior Orbital Fissure
5 (V2) –> Foramen Rotundum
5 (V3) –> Foramen Ovale
7,8 –> Internal acoustic Meatus
9,10,11 –>Jugular Foramen
12 –> Hypoglossal Canal
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