Head

Question 1

What are the most usefull visualizations of the brain and why

Answer 1

Ct and MRI

Bone obscures US

Question 2

_____ brain is seen well on US because ____

Answer 2

Fetal

Thinner bone structure

Question 3

Vasculature structures of the circle of willis can be assessed on ________ in adults

Answer 3

Transcranial doppler (TCD)

Question 4

Layers of the SCALP

Answer 4

Skin 
Connective tissue 
Aponeurosis 
Loose areolar tissue 
Periosteum

Question 5

The connective tissue of the scalp is made of _______ that holds ________ (2)

Answer 5

Subcutanrous fat and fibrous tissue that holds nerves and vessels

Question 6

The aponeurosis of the scalp is made of

Answer 6

Dense fibrous tissue

Question 7

Loose areolar tissue of the scalp contains ______ and allows _____-

Answer 7

Collagen and allows upper layers to move around

Question 8

The Dura mater is ________ pierced only by ______ (3)

Answer 8

Tough outer layer pierced only by cranial nerves, carotid vessels and vertebral vessels

Question 9

2 layers of the dura mater

Answer 9

Endosteal layer

Meningeal layer

Question 10

Arachnoid mater is _________

What flow through this layer________

Arachnoid villi protrude into ______________

Answer 10

Thin delicate middle layer

Vessels flow through this layer

Arachnoid villi protrude into dural venous sinuses (CSF reabsorption)

Question 11

Pia mater is ________ and is continuous with ________

Answer 11

Innermost thin vascular layer continuous with contours of the brain

Question 12

Falx cerebri

Answer 12

Portion of dura that divide down into between the 2 hemispheres

Question 13

6 types of cranial bones, which have pairs?

Answer 13

Ethmoid
Sphenoid 
Frontal 
Occipital 
Temporal (paired)
Parietal (paired)

Question 14

Gyrus

Answer 14

Outpouching part of brain tissue (mountain)

Question 15

Sulcus

Answer 15

Portion that is recessed in (valley)

Question 16

Central sulcus

Answer 16

Large coronal sulcus dividing frontal and parietal lobe

Question 17

Sylvian fissure

Answer 17

Paired

Fissure on lateral aspect dividing temporal lobe below from frontal and parietal lobes above

Question 18

Sylvian fissure ends in the

Answer 18

Insula

Question 19

LOOK AT GRAPH FOR FACIAL

But types of facial bones with whether paired or not

Answer 19

Mandible (1)
Maxillae (2) 
Lacrimal (2) 
Vomer (1) 
Palatine (2) 
Inferior nasal conchae(2) 
Zygomatic (2) 
Nasal (2)

Question 20

Fontanelles are

Answer 20

Junctions of the skull sutures that have not yet ossified

Question 21

Fontanelles are usually ossified by

Answer 21

18 months

Question 22

4 regions of the brain

Answer 22

Cerebral hemisphere
Cerebellum
Diencephalon
Brainstem

Question 23

Deincephalon breakdown

Answer 23

Thalamus

Hypothalamus

Question 24

Brainstem breakdown

Answer 24

Midbrain
Pons
Medulla oblongata

Question 25

What sits in the cella

Answer 25

Pituitary gland

Question 26

Corpus callosum is the

Answer 26

Largest fiber pathway in brain linking left and right cerebral hemispheres

Question 27

4 parts of the corposum callosum

Answer 27

Rostrum Genu Isthmus (body) Splenium

Question 28

The corpus callosum forms what borders around the lateral ventricles

Answer 28

Anterior, superior and posterior

Question 29

What are the ventricles of the brains What are they filled with Where are they located

Answer 29

Are a comunicating network of cavities filled with cerebrospinal fluid and located within the brain parenchyma

Question 30

What is the ventricular system composed of?

Answer 30

2 lateral ventricles, the 3rd ventricle, cerebral aqueduct and 4th ventricle

Question 31

What is located within the ventricles? What does it produce?

Answer 31

Choroid plexus’ Produce csf

Question 32

Csf fills the _____ and _______ following a cycle of constant ______ and _______

Answer 32

Ventricles and subarachnoid space Production and reabsorption

Question 33

The interventricular foramen is also called

Answer 33

Formen of munroe

Question 34

Aqueduct of midbrain is also called

Answer 34

Aqueduct of sylvius

Question 35

What is between the thalamus

Answer 35

3rd ventricle

Question 36

Basal ganglia is clusters of ________ located lateral to the _______

Answer 36

Grey matter Diencephalon

Question 37

The basal ganglia is seperated from the diencephalon by the ________

Answer 37

Internal capsule (area of white matter)

Question 38

Parts of the basal ganglia

Answer 38

``` Caudate nucleus Putamen Globus pallidus Claustrum Amygdala ```

Question 39

The 5th lobe of the brain is the

Answer 39

Insula

Question 40

Fontanelles names (5)

Answer 40

Anterior Posterior Sphenoid / temporal Mastoid