Head And Neck General Terms

Question 1

Define atrophy

Answer 1

Wasting away of body tissue or organ

Question 2

Give an example of atrophy

Answer 2

Osteoporosis

Question 3

Define hypertrophy

Answer 3

the enlargement of an organ or tissue from the increase in size of its cells.

Question 4

Give an example of hypertrophy

Answer 4

Increase in size of heart due to aortic stenosis

Question 5

Define pathology

Answer 5

the science of the causes and effects of diseases

Question 6

Define trauma

Answer 6

A serious bodily injury

Question 7

Give an example of trauma

Answer 7

Ballistic wound

Question 8

Define pseudopathology

Answer 8

where what is seen on the remains mimics evidence of a pathological condition but is in fact due to other factors

Question 9

Give an example of pseudopathology

Answer 9

Animals eating human remains

Question 10

Define anastomosis

Answer 10

An anastomosis is a surgical connection between two structures. It usually means a connection that is created between tubular structures, such as blood vessels or loops of intestine.

Question 11

Give an example of an anastomosis

Answer 11

Colostomy (an opening created between the bowel and the skin of the abdominal wall)

Question 12

Define ablation

Answer 12

surgical removal of body tissue.

Question 13

Give an example of ablation

Answer 13

Cardiac ablation is a procedure that scars tissue in your heart to block irregular electrical signals. It is used to treat heart rhythm problems

Question 14

Define lesion

Answer 14

region in an organ or tissue which has suffered damage through injury or disease

Question 15

Give an example of a lesion

Answer 15

Birthmarks, moles

Question 16

Define shunt

Answer 16

a hole or a small passage that moves, or allows movement of, fluid from one part of the body to another.

Question 17

Give an example of a shunt.

Answer 17

Atrial septal defect (ASD)

Question 19

Define fossa/fossae

Answer 19

Depression/hollow usually in bone. Plural = fossae.

Question 20

Define foramen/foramina.

Answer 20

Hole, opening or passage, especially in bone. Plural = formina

Question 21

Give an example of a fossa.

Answer 21

cranial fossa

Question 22

Give an example of a foramen.

Answer 22

infraorbital foramen

Question 23

define tubercle

Answer 23

Small, rounded point of bone.

Question 24

Give an example of a tubercle.

Answer 24

Dorsal tubercle of radius.

Question 25

Define surface anatomy

Answer 25

the study of the external features of the body of an animal

Question 26

Give an example of a feature of surface anatomy.

Answer 26

skin, hair, nails

Question 27

What is the calvarium?

Answer 27

The bones of the skull that exclusively cover and protect the brain.

Question 28

Give an example of a bone within the calvarium.

Answer 28

frontal, parietal, occipital

Question 29

What is the cranial base?

Answer 29

forms the floor of the cranial cavity and separates the brain from other facial features

Question 30

Give an example of a bone in the cranial base

Answer 30

occipital, frontal, sphenoid