Lecture 6: Head and Neck Flashcards

1
Q

What are the 3 types of skull fractures?

A

Linear (low impact), depressed (aggressive blunt force), diastatic (suture opening)

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2
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Clinically, the weakest part of the skull is the _______.

The skull is very thin at this point

Just below this bone is the ________.

A

Pterion, middle meningeal artery

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3
Q

Name all the nerves of the brain

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4
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  • ______ – loss of smell
  • ______ – blindness (can still move eye)
  • _______ – dilated pupil
  • ______– inability to look down and in
  • _______ – inability to feel facial pain and control chewing muscles
  • _______ – inability to move eyes side-to-side
A

Olfactory, Optic, oculomotor, trochlear, trigeminal, abducens

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5
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  • ______ – facial muscle paralysis; loss of taste from anterior 2/3 of tongue
  • _______ – hearing loss
  • _______ – loss of taste from posterior 1/3 of tongue
  • _______ – vocal fold paralysis, difficulty swallowing
  • _______ – paralysis of trapezius and sternocleidomastoid
  • _______ – weakening of tongue muscles and speech problems
A

Facial, vestibulocochlear, glossopharyngeal, vagus, accessory, hypoglossal

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6
Q

Label the arterial blood supply of the skull.

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7
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  • ______ – motor control, coordination of movement
  • ______ – regulate body temperature, hunger, thirst, fatigue
  • _______ – relays signals from sensory systems to cerebral cortex
  • _______– roles in vision, hearing, movement
  • _______ – roles in sensory analyses
  • _______ – controls involuntary (autonomic) systems: respiration, heart rate, reflexes such as coughing, sneezing, vomiting
A

Cerebellum, hypothalamus, thalamus, midbrain, pons, medulla oblongata

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8
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Know what foramen each nerve comes out of

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