L14. Head and Neck 1

Question 1

What is the name given to the jointing points of the skull bones?

Answer 1

Cranial sutures

Question 2

Give the names for the following sutures

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/ \ (neck)

Answer 2

Coronal Coronal
Sagittal
Lambdoid Lambdoid

Question 3

What is the name given to the joins between the skull bones? eg :
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or
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/ \

Answer 3

Fontanelles

Question 4

How long does it take the front and back fontanelles to close?

Answer 4

Front : 2 years

Back : 2 months

Question 5

Name the 5 cranial bones seen from above.

Answer 5

S - Sphenoid
T - Temporal
E - Ethmoid
F - Frontal
O - Occipital

Order from front to back:
E 3
F 4
S 1
T2
O 5

Question 6

Where is the ethmoid bone located?

Answer 6

Behind the eyes.

Question 7

Where is the lacrimal bone located?

Answer 7

Behind the tear ducts

Question 8

Where is the nasal bone located?

Answer 8

At the nose

Question 9

Where is the zygoma bone located?

Answer 9

cheeckbones

Question 10

What is the maxilla bone?

Answer 10

Upper jaw

Question 11

What is the mandible bone?

Answer 11

Lower jaw

Question 12

Where is the frontal bone located?

Answer 12

Forehead

Question 13

Where is the sphenoid bone located?

Answer 13

temples

Question 14

Where is the temporal bone located?

Answer 14

in front and below ears

Question 15

Where is the parietal bone located?

Answer 15

hair-covered head region

Question 16

Where is the occipital bone located?

Answer 16

Nape of neck

Question 17

Does the common carotid artery contain oxygenated or deoxygenated blood?

Answer 17

Oxygenated blood

Question 18

Where does the common carotid artery divide and into what?

Answer 18

It divides into the external and internal carotid artery in the neck.

Question 19

Describe the branches of the internal carotid artery.

Answer 19

It has no branches until it reaches the brain.

Question 20

Describe the branches of the external carotid artery.

Answer 20

It branches to supply the exterior of the head and neck.

Question 21

Which vein, artery and nerve run through the parotid gland?

Answer 21

The external carotid’s vein, artery and nerve.

Question 22

Which structure drains inside the skull and most head and neck structures?

Answer 22

The internal jugular vein

Question 23

What are meninges?

Answer 23

3 membranes that line the skull.

Question 24

Name the 3 meninges.

Answer 24

PAD:
Pia mater (innermost) (soft)
Arachnoid mater
Dura mater (outermost) (hard)

Question 25

Name the sinuses that drain the brain.

Answer 25

Dural venous sinuses.

Question 26

If facial lesions are continuously picked, which sinuses can end up blocked?

Answer 26

Cavernous sinuses

Question 27

When can a pulse be detected?

Answer 27

When arteries with blood pass over a bony prominence

Question 28

What is a normal heart rate?

Answer 28

60-80bpm