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1
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Neurocranium bones

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2 paired - temporal and parietal
4 non - ethmoidal, sphenoid, frontal, occipital

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2
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optic canal

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CNII + ophthalmic arteries

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SOF

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CN III, IV, V1(ophthalmic), VI
Ophthalmic veins
Sympathetic

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4
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foramen rotundum

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V2 maxillary

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5
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foramen ovale

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V3 mandibular

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6
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foramen spinosum

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middle meningeal artery and vein

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7
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foramen magnum

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medulla and meninges
XI
Spinal and vertebral arteries

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8
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jugular foramen

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internal jugular vein
IX, X, XI (ascends)
Between temporal and occipital bones

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9
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Stylomastoid foramen

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VII
in temporal bone

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10
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Hypoglossal foramen

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XII in occipital

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11
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Ossification head bones

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Calvaria - intramembranous
Base - intramembranous / endochondral ossification

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12
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Formation mastoid

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Not present at birth
Pulled on by scm

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13
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IJV course

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Jugular foramen (from signoid sinus)
In carotid sheath
Lat to carotid, ant to vagus
Passes deep to SCM
Post to med clavicle joins subclav to form brachiocephalic pl

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14
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Gag reflex

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Glossopharyngeal afferent, vagus efferent

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15
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Muscles mastication

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Temporalis and masseter - elevation and retraction mandible
Lat pterygoid - protracts, depresses and swings side to side
Med pterygoid - elevate mandible, lat swing
All mandibular branch V

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16
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Quadrigeminal cistern

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Post to corpus callosum
Contains great cerebral vein
Ambiens is ant to it and cont with it

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17
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Cerebro medullary cistern

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Largest
Receives from 4th vent

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18
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Pontocerebellar cistern

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Ventral pons
Cont with spinal subarach

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19
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Chiasmatic cistern

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Inf and ant to optic X

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20
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Contents parotid region

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Facial nerve and plexus
Retromandibular vein
External carotid artery
Masseter muscle
Parotid gland and duct

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21
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Parotid innervation

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Sensory v3 auricotemporal and c2/3 greater auricular
Para - IX to otic then V3
Symp - sup cervical to ext carotid nerve plexus (inhib)

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22
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Tongue taste and sensatiom

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Ant 2/3 - sensation v3, taste VII
Post - all IX except snakk part X internal laryngeal

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23
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Arteries kiesselbach area

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Ant and post ethmoidal
Superior labial
Greater palatine
Sphenopalatine

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24
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Sutures skull

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Coronal
Sagital
Lambdoidal
Squamous

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25
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Sulci

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Longitudinal cerebral fissure
Central sulcus
Lateral sulcus
Parieto-occipital sulcus

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26
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Neocortex layers

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6
Sup is molecular
Deepest is multiform

Pyramidal nost common - glutamate
Basket, stellate and chandelier - inhib gaba

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27
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location optic chiasm

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within sella turcica sphenoid
in subarachnoid space above pituitary, blow hypothalamus, anterior to pituitary stalk

28
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Ciliary ganglion

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from between optic nerve and lat rectus
para - CNIII, sphincter pupilae + ciliary muscles
symp - int carotid, dilates eye
sens - V1

29
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Mnemonic cranial parasympathetic ganglia

30
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Pterygopalatine ganglion

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from pterygo palatine fossa
para - VII -> V1/2 lacrimal
symp - int carotid, blood vessels nasal, palate pharynx
somatic: V2

31
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Otic ganglion

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from inf to foramen ovale by V3
para - IX -> V3 to parotid (auricoltemporal)
symp - sup cervical ganglion, blood vessels parotid
somatic - V3

32
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Submandibular

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from lingual nerve on surface hypoglossus
para - VII -> V3 submand and sublingual
symp - sup cervical ganlion to glands
somatic -V3

33
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TM innervation

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External auricotemporal (plus facial and vagus)
Internal tympanic branch glossopharyngeal

34
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Pharyngeal arch facial muscles

35
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Facial veins draining to IJV

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supra orbital and supratrochlear via facial

36
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Facial veins draining to retromandibular vein

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superficial temporal and maxillary

37
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Facial veins draining to EJV

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posterior branch retromandibular and posterior auricular

38
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Diencephalon

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epithalamus, thalamus, hypothalamus

39
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Brain stem and CNs

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mid brain CN III, IV
pons CN V - VIII
medulla CN IX, X, XII

40
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Action superior oblique and inferior oblique

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SO - ABducts, depresses, medially rotates
IO - ABducts, elevates, lat rotates

41
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Eye muscles that adduct

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SR, IR, MR

42
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Infratemporal fossa contents

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inferior temporalis muscle
lat and med pterygoids
maxillary artery
pterygoid venous plexus
otic ganglion
V3
Chorda tympani

43
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Age teeth come through

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incisors - 7-8
canines and pre molars - 10-12
Molars - 6-25

44
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Muscles of tongue

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XII
except palatoglossus X

45
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Afferent taste nucleus

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nucleus solitaris
Via geniculate ganglion

46
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location cerebral veins

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subarachnoid space

47
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Areas not covered by BBB

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area postrema
posterior pituitary
median eminence hypothalamus
pineal gland

48
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Branches maxillary artery

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DIPS
Descending palatine
Infraorbital
Posterior superior alveolar
Sphenopalatine
Middle meningeal

49
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Function nasal cavities

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sup 1/3 olfactory
inf 2/3 resp

50
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Sphenoid sinus drains into

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Sphenoethmoidal sinus

51
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Drains into inferior meatus nose

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nasolacrimal duct
pharyngotympanic tube

52
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Drains into middle meatus nose

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frontal, ethmoidal and maxillary sinuses

53
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Tensor tympani innervation and action

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V3
attaches handle malleus
pulls medially tensing TM dampening sound

54
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Stapedius innervation and action

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VII
attaches neck of stapes
tenses and dampens sound

55
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Position to test eye muscles

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SR and IR in ABduction
SO an IO in ADDuction

56
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Cell bodies chorda tympani location

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Geniculate ganglion

57
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Location oculomotor nuclei

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Internal structure of midbrain

58
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Location caudate nucleus

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Floor of lateral ventrical

59
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Location horns lateral ventricles

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Anterior - frontal
Posterior - occipital
Inferior - temporal

60
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Lobe for smell

61
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Anterior division mandibular nerve

62
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Straight sinus formed by

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Inferior sagital sinus and great cerebral veins

63
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Jugular foramen

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Ix x xi
Inferior petrosal and sigmoid sinuses
Ascending pharyngeal and occipital arteries

In petrous temporal bone

64
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Nerve supply pinna

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CN V3, VII, X
Great auricular spinal nerve C2,3

65
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Number of cranial bones

66
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Structures inferior orbital fissure

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IO nerve and vessels
Inferior opthalmic vein
Zygomatic nerve

Part 1 Anatomy (9 decks)

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