Head, Face and Neck book slides

Question 1

A fracture of the cribriform plate is associated with an injury to which cranial nerve

Answer 1

Cranial Nerve I-Olfactory

Question 2

Direct trauma to the orbit, fracture to the obital canal or pressure on the optic pathway are associated with an injury to which cranial nerve injury

Answer 2

Cranial nerve II-Optic

Question 3

Pressure from herniating uncus on nerve, fracture involving cavernous sinus or an aneurysm is associated with an injury to which cranial nerve injury

Answer 3

Cranial Nerve III=Oculomotor

Question 4

Stretching of the nerve during it’s course around the brainstem and fractured orbit is associated with an injury to which cranial nerve

Answer 4

Cranial Nerve IV-Trochlear

Question 5

Injury to terminal branches in root of maxillary sinus is associated with injury to which cranial nerve

Answer 5

Cranial Nerve V-Trigeminal

Question 6

A lesion at the base of the brain or a fracture involving cavernous sinus or orbit involves injury to which cranial nerve

Answer 6

Cranial nerve VI-Abducens

Question 7

Which CN would be involved with a tumor of nerve(acoustic neuroma)

Answer 7

Cranial Nerve VIII-Vestibulocochlear

Question 8

Which Cranial nerves would be associated with a lesion to the brain stem or a deep neck laceration

Answer 8

Cranial nerves: IX-glossopharangeal, X-Vagus,

Question 9

Which cranial nerve would be affected with a laceration to the neck

Answer 9

XI-accessory

Question 10

Which cranial nerve would be affected with a neck laceration or basal skull fracture

Answer 10

XII-hypoglossal

Question 11

What is Anosmia

Answer 11

loss of smell

Question 12

What is anosmia generally associated with

Answer 12

upper respiratory infections, sinus disease and head trauma

Question 13

Double vision or Diplopia is associated with injury to which Nerve?

Answer 13

Trochlear

Question 14

Which bones make up the calvaria

Answer 14

Frontal. parietal and occipital

Question 15

What is the intersection between the frontal and nasal bones called

Answer 15

nasion

Question 16

Which suture seperates the frontal and parietal bones

Answer 16

Coronal suture

Question 17

Which suture seperates the parietal bones

Answer 17

Sagittal suture

Question 18

Which suture seperates the parietal and temporal bones from the occipital bone

Answer 18

lambda suture

Question 19

What is bregma

Answer 19

craniometric landmark formed by the intersection of coronal and sagittal sutures

Question 20

What is the sella turcica

Answer 20

a bony structure formation on the upper surface of the body of the sphenoid, surrounded by anterior and posterior clinoid processes

Question 21

Where is the superior orbital fissure located

Answer 21

between the greater and lesser wings, opens anteriorly

Question 22

where is the foreamen rotundum

Answer 22

posterior to medial end of superior orbital fissue,

Question 23

what and where is the foreamen ovale

Answer 23

large foreamen posterolateral to foreamen rotundum, open inferiorly to infratemporal fossa

Question 24

What and where is the foreamen spinosum

Answer 24

located lateral to foreamen ovale, also opens inferiorly into infratemporal fossa

Question 25

Which cranial fossa houses the cerebellum, pons and medulla oblongata

Answer 25

posterior cranial fossa

Question 26

Which fossa houses the inferior and anterior parts of the frontal lobes

Answer 26

anterior cranial fossa

Question 27

What can you find in the middle cranial fossa

Answer 27

sells turcica and large depressed lateral parts on the sphenoid on each side

Question 28

Which cranial fossa is the deepest

Answer 28

Posterior Cranial fossa

Question 29

Which facial bone was once called the Malar bone

Answer 29

zygomatic bone

Question 30

What is it called when a surgeon removes a bone flap in the skull and then replaces it

Answer 30

craniotomy

Question 31

what is is called when a surgeon removes a bone flap in the skull and does not replace the bone flap

Answer 31

crainiectomy

Question 32

What passes through the supraorbital foreamen

Answer 32

supra-orbital nerve and vessels

Question 33

What passes through the infraorbital foreamen

Answer 33

infra-orbital nerve and vessels

Question 34

What is the name of the foreamen found at the lateral aspect of the zygomatic bones

Answer 34

zygomaticofacial foramen

Question 35

What nerve passes through the stylomoastiod foramen

Answer 35

facial nerve

Question 36

Describe the difference between Lefort fracture I, II and III?

Answer 36

I-fracture above the upper lip in the maxilla
II-fracture lateral from the maxilla sinuses through the medial aspect of the infra-orbital foramina
III- horizontal fracture that passes through the ehtmoid, nasal bones, superior orbital fissures and wings of the sphenoid bone