Head Flashcards
What are the bones of the Neurocranium?
- Frontal
- Parietal
- Occipital
- Temporal
- Sphenoidal
- Ethmoidal
What are the paired bones of the Viscerocranium? (5)
- Maxillae
- Inferior Nasal Conchae
- Zygomatic Bone
- Palatine
- Nasal
- Lacrimal
What are the unpaired bones of the Viscerocranium?
- Mandible
- Ethmoid
- Vomer
What are the 5 layers of the scalp?
S-Skin C-Connective Tissue A- Aponeurosis L-Loose Areolar tissue P-Pericranium
Why do scalp lacerations bleed profusely?
-Very rich in vessels in the CT layer
What are the 2 layers of dura?
- Periosteal Layer
- Meningeal Layer
What dura makes up the falx?
Only Meningeal Dura
What layer are the facial muscles located in and why?
-All in the subcutaneous layer because there is no deep fascia on the face
Where is the exception to “no deep fascia on the face”
The temporal muscle
Besides muscles, what else is in the subcutaneous tissue?
- Loose CT
- Fat
- Nerves
What is the purpose of the facial muscles?
Expressions, communication, protecting eye
What are the 6 branches of CN 7 (facial) that do motor innervation to the face?
- Posterior auricular
- Temporal
- Zygomatic
- Buccal
- Marginal Mandibular
- Cervical
What gland do the motor fibers of CN 7 travel through?
Parotid Gland
What 2 main nerves are cutaneous nerves of the face and head?
- Spinal Nerves
- Trigeminal Nerves
What are the 3 divisions of the Trigeminal Nerves
- Opthalamic
- Maxillary
- Mandibular`
T/F- All 3 divisions of trigeminal have general sensory branches
True
What branch of trigeminal has motor fibers?
Only V3
What are the branches of V1?
- Supra-orbital
- Supratrochlear
- Lacrimal
- Infratrochlear
- External Nasal
What are the branches of V2?
- Zygomaticotemporal
- Infra-orbital
- Zygomaticofacial
What are the branches of V3?
- Auriculotemporal
- Mental
- Buccal
What nerve innervates the meninges?
Trigeminal
What are the 2 branches off the internal carotid artery in the head?
- Supraorbital Artery
- Supratrochlear Artery