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General Questions Flashcards

1
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Pits on internal aspect near the sagittal suture on the parietal bone is formed by arachnoid granulations are called?

A

Granular fovea

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Grooves formed by the _____ artery on the internal aspect of the parietal bone.

A

Middle meningeal artery

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3
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What passes through mandibular foramen?

A

Inferior alveolar nerve and artery

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4
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What passes through Mental foramen?

A

Mental nerve and artery

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5
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What passes through Stylomastoid foramen?

A

Facial nerve (CN VII)

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6
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What passes through Hypoglossal canal?

A

Hypoglossal nerve (CN XII)

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7
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What passes through Foramen magnum?

A
  • spinal cord and meninges
  • spinal portion of accessory nerves (CN XI)
  • vertebral arteries
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8
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What passes through Supraorbital notches/foramina?

A

Supraorbital nerve and artery

Can be more specific

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9
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What passes through Foramina rotundum?

A

Maxillary nerve (CN V2 of trigeminal nerve)

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10
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What passes through Foramina ovale?

A
  • mandibular nerve (CN V3 of trigeminal nerve)

- accessory meningeal artery

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11
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What passes through Foramen spinosum?

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  • middle meningeal artery

- recurrent meningeal branch of V3

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12
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What passes through Ethmoid foramina?

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  • anterior and posterior ethmoidal nerves and arteries
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13
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What passes through Superior orbital fissures (SOF)?

A
  • ophthalmic vein
  • oculomotor nerve (CN III)
  • trochlear nerve (CN IV)
  • abducent nerve (CN VI)
  • ophthalmic nerve (CN V1 of trigeminal nerve)
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14
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What passes through the Optic canal?

A
  • ophthalmic artery

- optic nerve (CN II)

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What passes through the Olfactory foramina of cribriform plate?

A

Olfactory nerves (CNI)

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16
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What structures pass OVER, NOT through the foramina lacerum?

A
  • internal carotid artery

- internal carotid plexus

17
Q

What passes through Pterygomaxillary fissure?

A

Maxillary artery

18
Q

What passes through Inferior orbital fissure?

A

Infraorbital nerve and artery

19
Q

Inferior orbital fissure is an result of what? (That formed this fissure)

A

Maxillary, zygomatic, and sphenoid bones disunion

20
Q

What passes through the Carotid canal?

A
  • internal carotid artery

- carotid plexus

21
Q

What passes through the Internal acoustic meatus?

A
  • facial nerve (CN VII)
  • vestibulocochlear nerve (CN VIII)
  • labyrinthine/acoustic artery
22
Q

What passes through the Petrotympanic fissure?

A

Chorda tympani nerve

23
Q

What passes through the Jugular foramen?

A
  • sigmoid sinus
  • inferior petrosal sinus (or joining of these 2 veins to drain into internal jugular vein)
  • glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX)
  • vagus nerve (CN X)
  • spinal accessory nerve (CN XI)
24
Q

The Jugular foramen is an result of what? (What formed this foramen)

A

Temporal and occipital bones disunion

25
Q

What passes through the Superior alveolar foramen

A

Posterior superior alveolar nerve and artery

26
Q

What passes through the Greater palatine foramen?

A

Greater palatine nerve and artery

27
Q

What passes through the Lesser palatine foramen?

A

Lesser palatine nerve and artery

28
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What passes through the Incisive canal (foramen)?

A
  • nasopalatine nerve and greater palatine nerve

- septal artery and greater palatine artery

29
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What passes through the Sphenopalatine foramen?

A
  • sphenopalatine artery
  • nasopalatine nerve
  • lateral nasal nerve
30
Q

What passes through the Palatine canal?

A
  • descending/greater palatine artery
  • greater palatine nerve
  • lesser palatine nerve
31
Q

Frontal crest of the frontal bone is an attachment site for?

A

Falx cerebri (Dura fold)

32
Q

Trochlear nerve will attach to what part of the frontal bone?

A

Superior medial orbit

33
Q

Indentation superior lateral orbit of the frontal bone formed by lacrimal gland is?

A

Lacrimal fossa

34
Q

What is temporal bone made up of? (4 parts)

A
  • Squamous (broad, flat surface)
  • Petrous (Middle and Inner ear)
  • Tympanic (External auditory meatus)
  • Mastoid (Sternocleidomastoid m. attachment, air cells).

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