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Unpaired bones

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Frontal
Occipital
Sphenoid
Ethmoid
Vomer
Mandible
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Bones of the skull

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22

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Jxn bet frontal, parietal, squamous temporal, and great wing of sphenoid

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Pterion

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Epidural hematoma. Bleeding ______

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Middle meningeal artery

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Contains the internal acoustic meatus, conducts CNVII, CN VIII

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Petrous portion of temporal bone

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anterior cranial fossa is found, contains CN I

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Ethmoid

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Le fort II

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Posterolateral part of the maxillary sinuses, CENTRAL part of the face separated from cranium

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Tendinous sheet covering the calvaria

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Galea aponeurotica

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Contains the emissary veins/DANGER area

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Loose connective tissue

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Premature closure of coronal suture

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Oxycephaly/ acrocephaly

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Premature closure of Sagittal suture

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Scaphocephaly

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Premature closure of coronal and lamboidal suture

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Plagiocephaly

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12
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Procencephalon divides into

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Telencephalon and diencephalon

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13
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Rhombencephalon to

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Metencephalon, myelencephalon

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Cerebrum

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Telencephalon

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15
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Thalamus

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Diencephalon

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16
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Midbrain

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Mesencephalon

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Pons, cerebellum

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Metencephalon

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Medulla

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Myelencephalon

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19
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Neural crest derivatives

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Pigment cells or retina, cells of adrenal medulla
Sensory ganglia of spinal nerves and cranial nerves
Meninges
Neurolemmal sheath of peripheral nerve

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Meninges

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Dura mater
Arachnoid mater
Pia mater

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21
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Meningeal septa

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Falx cerebri
Tentorium cerebelli
Falx cerebelli
Diaphragma sella

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22
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Innervation of dura matter

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Trigeminal n.

First 3 cervical n.

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23
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Contains the CSF

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Subarachnoid space

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Primary motor area

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Precentral gyrus

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25
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Primary sensory

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Post central gyrus

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26
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Motor Aphasia

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Broca’s area

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27
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Sensory aphasia

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Wernicke’s aphasia

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UMN vs. LMN lesion

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UMN: spastic, clonus, hyperreflexia, inc muscle tone
LMN: flaccid, atrophy, fasciculation, dec muscle tone

29
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Vestibular apparatus for equilibrium

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Floculonodular n/vestibulocerebellum

30
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Coordination of limb movements, regulation of muscle tone

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Anterior cerebellar lobe/neocerebellum

31
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Coordination of voluntary movements

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Posterior lobe/ Paleocerebellum

32
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Ataxia, intention tremors, dysmetria, dysdiadochokinesia

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Posterior lobe syndrome

33
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Gait instability

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Anterior lobe syndrome

34
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Trunkal ataxia

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Floccunodular lobe syndrome

35
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CSF flow

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LATERAL VENT.–> intervent. Foramen of Monroe –> 3rd vent–> aqueduct of Sylvius–> 4th vent.–> for amen of Magendie and Luschka–> subarachnoid space–>arachnoid villi–>sup Sagittal sinus–>transverse sinus–> sigmoid sinus–>internal jugular vein

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CSF pressure

37
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Lumbar puncture done at

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L3-L4 or L4-L5

38
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Degeneration of substantia nigra

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Parkinson’s dse

39
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Degeneration of striatal neurons

40
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Contralateral subthalamic nucleus damage

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Hemiballismus

41
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Cranial nerve- mixed sensory and motor

42
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CN in midbrain

43
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CN in pons

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V, VI, VII, VIII

44
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CN in medulla

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IX, X, XI, XII

45
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Supratentorial CN

46
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Medial CN

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III, VI, XII

47
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Optic canal

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CN II and ophthalmic artery

48
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Superior orbital fissure

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III, IV, VI, V1, ophthalmic vein

49
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Foramen rotundom

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V2(maxillary nerve)

50
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Foramen ovale

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Mandibular nerve (V3)

51
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Jugular foramen

52
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Hypoglossal canal

53
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Internal acoustic meatus

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CN VII, VIII

54
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Foramen magnum

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Medulla and meninges, vertebral arteries, CN XI spinal roots

55
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First part of subclavian artery

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Vertebral - brain
thyrocervical - trunk
internal thoracic - inf. thyroid, breast

56
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Second part

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Costovertebral

57
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“Worst headache of my life”

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Berry aneurysm

58
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Common sites of Berry aneurysm

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MCA, Posterior communicating a ., Anterior communicating a.

59
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Occulomotor nerve compression

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Lesion on Post communicating a., Internal carotid a., PCA

60
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Trumpeter’s muscle

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Buccinatorr

61
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Dangerous triangle

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Root of the nose and two angles of the mouth

62
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Structures affected by cavernous sinus thrombosis

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CN III, IV and VI
ophthalmic and maxillary divisions of CN V
internal carotid a.

63
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____opens the jaw

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Lateral pterygoid

64
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5 branches of facial n.

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Temporal
Zygomatic
Buccal
Mandibular
Cervical
65
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Intrinsic muscle of the tongue

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Palatoglossal-elevation
Styloglossal-retraction
Hyoglossus-depression
Genioglossus-protrusion

66
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Palatoglossus innervated by ____

67
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R optic n lesion

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Blindness of R eye (optic neuritis)

68
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Optic chiasm lesion

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Bitemporal hemianopsia (pituitary adenoma)

69
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Right angle of chiasm lesion

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R nasal hemianopsia (aneurysm of ICA)

70
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R optic tract lesion

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L homonymous hemianopsia

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