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Point of meeting and articulation of the frontal, parietal, squamous temporal and greater wing of sphenoid

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Pterion

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Point of meeting and articulation of the frontal, parietal, squamous temporal and greater wing of sphenoid

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Pterion

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Skull fracture at the pterion: May lacerate the

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Middle meningeal artery

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Skull fracture at the pterion: Intracranial hemorrhage

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Epidural or extradural hematoma

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Skull fracture at the pterion: T/F May compress brainstem

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T

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Fracture of petrous temporal bone: Signs

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1) Otorrhea
2) Hearing loss
3) Facial nerve damage

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Maxillary fracture: Horizontal fracture superior to the maxillary alveolar process

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LeFort I

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Maxillary fracture: Posterolateral parts of maxillary sinuses; central part of face separated from cranium

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LeFort II

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Maxillary fracture: Horizontal fracture that passes through superior orbital fissures, ethmoid, and nasal bones, extending to greater wing of sphenoid; Maxillae and zygomatic bone separated from cranium

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LeFort III

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LeForte fractures

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Image

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Layer of the scalp: Allows free movement of scalp proper

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Loose connective tissue

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Layer of the scalp: Where emissary veins are found

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Loose connective tissue

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Premature closure of skull sutures

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Craniosynostosis

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Craniosynostosis: Premature closure of sagittal suture

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Scaphocephaly

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Craniosynostosis: Premature closure of coronal suture

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Oxycephaly/acrocephaly

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Craniosynostosis: Premature closure of coronal and lambdoid sutures on one side of skull

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Plagiocephaly

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Craniosynostosis: Long and narrow skull

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Scaphocpephaly

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18
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Primary brain vesicles differentiate into secondary vesicles at ___ week of development

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5th

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19
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Primary brain vesicles differentiate into secondary vesicles at ___ week of development

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5th

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Skull fracture at the pterion: May lacerate the

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Middle meningeal artery

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Skull fracture at the pterion: Intracranial hemorrhage

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Epidural or extradural hematoma

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Skull fracture at the pterion: T/F May compress brainstem

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T

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Fracture of petrous temporal bone: Signs

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1) Otorrhea
2) Hearing loss
3) Facial nerve damage

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Maxillary fracture: Horizontal fracture superior to the maxillary alveolar process

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LeFort I

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Maxillary fracture: Posterolateral parts of maxillary sinuses; central part of face separated from cranium

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LeFort II

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Maxillary fracture: Horizontal fracture that passes through superior orbital fissures, ethmoid, and nasal bones, extending to greater wing of sphenoid; Maxillae and zygomatic bone separated from cranium

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LeFort III

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27
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LeForte fractures

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Image

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28
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Meningeal layer sends ___ septa inward to restrict displacement of brain associated with acceleration and deceleration when the head is moved

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4

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Layer of the scalp: Where emissary veins are found

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Loose connective tissue

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30
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Premature closure of skull sutures

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Craniosynostosis

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Craniosynostosis: Premature closure of sagittal suture

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Scaphocephaly

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Craniosynostosis: Premature closure of coronal suture

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Oxycephaly/acrocephaly

33
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Craniosynostosis: Premature closure of coronal and lambdoid sutures on one side of skull

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Plagiocephaly

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Craniosynostosis: Long and narrow skull

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Scaphocpephaly

35
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Craniosynostosis: Tower skull

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Oxycephaly/acrocephaly

36
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Primary brain vesicles differentiate into secondary vesicles at ___ week of development

37
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Adult derivative of Neural tube

38
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Adult derivatives of neural crest

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1) PNS and ANS
2) Cranial, spinal, and autonomic ganglia
3) Meninges
4) Pigment cells of retina
5) Cells of adrenal medulla

39
Q

Daily folic acid requirement 3 months prior to conception and through gestation to prevent NTDs

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400 mg/day

40
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Landmark to separate supra- from infratentorial structures

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Tentorium cerebelli

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T/F Infratentorial structures are located inferior to the foramen magnum

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Supratentorial structures

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1) Cerebrum
2) Basal ganglia
3) Thalamus
4) Hypothalamus
5) CN I and II

43
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Infratentorial structures

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1) Cerebellum
2) Brainstem
3) CN III to XII

44
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Meninges from outermost to innermost

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DAP

1) Dura
2) Arachnoid
3) Pia

45
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Layers of dura mater

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1) Endosteal layer covering inner surface of bone

2) Meningeal layer

46
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Meningeal layer sends ___ septa inward to restrict displacement of brain associated with acceleration and deceleration when the head is moved

47
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Meningeal septa: Between 2 cerebral hemispheres

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Falx cerebri

48
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Meningeal septa: Roofs over the posterior cranial fossa, covering the upper surface of the cerebellum

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Tentorium cerebelli

49
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Meningeal septa: Between 2 cerebellar hemispheres

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Falx cerebelli

50
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Meningeal septa: Forms roof of sella turcica

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Diaphragma sella

51
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Meningeal septa: Sickle-shaped

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Falx cerebri

52
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Meningeal septa: Crescent-shaped

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Tentorium cerebelli

53
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Meningeal septa: Small, sickle-shaped

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Falx cerebelli

54
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Meningeal septa: Small, circular

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Diaphragma sella

55
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Falx cerebri is attached anteriorly to the

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1) Frontal crest

2) Crista galli

56
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Meningeal septa: Supports the occipital lobes

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Tentorium cerebelli

57
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Meningeal septa: Attached to internal occipital crest

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Falx cerebelli

58
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Dura mater: Sensory nerve supply

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1) Trigeminal nerve

2) C1-3

59
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Dura mater: Sensory supply above tentorium

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Trigeminal nerve

60
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Dura mater: Sensory supply below tentorium

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Dura mater: Above tentorium, headache is referred to the

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Forehead and face

62
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Dura mater: Below tentorium, headache is referred to the

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Back of the head and neck

63
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Where CSF is located between meninges

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Subarachnoid space

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Meninges: Made of mesothelial cells

65
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Gyrus-functional area: Precentral

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Primary sensory

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Gyrus-functional area: Postcentral

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Primary motor

67
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Gyrus-functional area: Heschl’s gyrus

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Primary auditory

68
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Gyrus-functional area: Inferior frontal grove

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Wernicke’s area

69
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Broca’s area: Primary motor

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Broca’s area: Primary somesthetic

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Broca’s area: Primary visual

72
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Broca’s area: Primary auditory

73
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Provides voluntary control of skeletal muscles

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Pyramidal system

74
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Pyramidal system: Consists of

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1) Corticobulbar
2) Anterior corticospinal
3) Lateral corticospinal

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