Head & Neck 1

Question 1

What are the 2 categories which the bones of the head are split into?

Answer 1

Cranial & Facial

Question 2

What is a facial bone?

Answer 2

Bones in the anterior/front portion of the head

Question 3

What is a cranial bone?

Answer 3

Bones on the top of your head - Covering back & sides too

Question 4

How many cranial sutures are there?

Answer 4

• Coronal
• Sagittal
• Lambdoid

Question 5

What are some of the cranial bones called?

Answer 5

• Ethmoid bone
• Frontal bone
• Parietal bone (x2)
• Occipital bone
• Sphenoid bone
• Temporal bone (x2)

Question 6

What is the opening in the skull which the spinal cord passes through?

Answer 6

Foramen magnum

Foramen = Opening

Question 7

What are some of the facial bones called?

Answer 7

• Lacrimal bone (x2)
• Nasal bone (x2)
• Zygomatic bone (x2)
• Maxilla (x2)
• Mandible
• Palatine (x2)
• Vomer
• Inferior concha (x2)

Question 8

The common carotid artery splits into what 2 arteries and what is the function of each?

Answer 8

External carotid artery - Provides blood to all of the face

Internal carotid artery - 80% blood supply of the brain and goes through the middle of the head

Question 9

The lingual artery is a branch of which artery?

Answer 9

Branch of external carotid

Question 10

What are the 2 main veins which join to the subclavian veins

Answer 10

Internal Jugular Vein

External Jugular Vein

Question 11

What is a meninge?

Answer 11

A membranous covering the brain and spinal cord

Question 12

How many meninges are there, what is each called, and what is the order of them? deepest to shallowest

Answer 12

3
PAD *Pneumonic

Pia Mater (Deepest)
Arachnoid membrane
Dura Mater (Shallowest)

Question 13

What are the 4 cranial nerves which innervate the face?

Answer 13

4
CN 5, 7, 9, 12

CN V - Trigeminal (Splits into 3)
CN VII - Facial
CN IX - Glossopharyngeal
CN XII - Hypoglossal