Head Flashcards
Unpaired bones
Frontal Occipital Sphenoid Ethmoid Vomer Mandible
Bones of the skull
22
Jxn bet frontal, parietal, squamous temporal, and great wing of sphenoid
Pterion
Epidural hematoma. Bleeding ______
Middle meningeal artery
Contains the internal acoustic meatus, conducts CNVII, CN VIII
Petrous portion of temporal bone
anterior cranial fossa is found, contains CN I
Ethmoid
Le fort II
Posterolateral part of the maxillary sinuses, CENTRAL part of the face separated from cranium
Tendinous sheet covering the calvaria
Galea aponeurotica
Contains the emissary veins/DANGER area
Loose connective tissue
Premature closure of coronal suture
Oxycephaly/ acrocephaly
Premature closure of Sagittal suture
Scaphocephaly
Premature closure of coronal and lamboidal suture
Plagiocephaly
Procencephalon divides into
Telencephalon and diencephalon
Rhombencephalon to
Metencephalon, myelencephalon
Cerebrum
Telencephalon
Thalamus
Diencephalon
Midbrain
Mesencephalon
Pons, cerebellum
Metencephalon
Medulla
Myelencephalon
Neural crest derivatives
Pigment cells or retina, cells of adrenal medulla
Sensory ganglia of spinal nerves and cranial nerves
Meninges
Neurolemmal sheath of peripheral nerve
Meninges
Dura mater
Arachnoid mater
Pia mater
Meningeal septa
Falx cerebri
Tentorium cerebelli
Falx cerebelli
Diaphragma sella
Innervation of dura matter
Trigeminal n.
First 3 cervical n.
Contains the CSF
Subarachnoid space
Primary motor area
Precentral gyrus
Primary sensory
Post central gyrus
Motor Aphasia
Broca’s area
Sensory aphasia
Wernicke’s aphasia