OPT1210 Exam 2 Flashcards
How many bones are in the human skull?
22
How is the infant skull different from the adult skull?
Infant skull has 4 fontanels (2 fontanels: anterior, posterior and 2 sutures: sphenoid, mastoid)
and fibrous membrane that holds bones together and
Allows movement of bones during birth and growth of brain
The bones of the skull are joined by what?
Sutures
What is the skullcap called?
Calvarium
What bones support teeth and form nasal cavity and orbit?
Facial bones
What does suture mean?
To join together
What are the 4 major sutures in the skull?
Coronal, Sagittal, Lamboidal, Squamous
What are the major skull cavities?
There are 4: Cranial, Orbital, Nasal, Buccal
What are the parts of the cranial fossa?
Anterior (Frontal lobe)
Middle (Temporal lobe)
Posterior (Cerebellum and Occipital lobes)
What are the Cranial bones?
There are 14: Frontal Parietal Temporal Occipital (primary visual cortex) Sphenoid Ethmoidal Maxillary (single bone...not paired) Palatine Zygomatic Lacrimal Nasal Conchae Vomer Mandible
Which of the Cranial bones protect the eye?
There are 7: Frontal Parietal Occipital Temporal Squamous Zygomatic Arch Mandibular Fossa TMJ External Auditory Meatus Styloid Process Mastoid
Which bone houses the largest opening in the skull and what is it?
The occipital bone
It’s the Foramen Magnum (spinal cord)
Which cranial bone conducts the 7th cranial facial nerve?
Styloid Process
Which bone is bat shaped?
Sphenoid bone
What is the thinnest bone in the body?
Ethmoid bone (aka paper bone)
What are the 6 paired facial bones?
Lacrimal Nasal Zygomatic Maxilla Palatine Inferior Nasal Concha
What are the palatine bones?
Make up the posterior 1/3 of hard palate
Lateral nasal wall
Orbital floor
What are the zygomatic bones?
Include the zygomatic arch
Zygomatic fracture is the most common fracture of the skull
What is the smallest bone of the orbit?
Lacrimal bones
What are the bones of the orbit?
There are 7: Frontal (roof of orbit) Sphenoid Zygomatic Ethmoid Palatine Lacrimal Maxillary (floor of orbit)
What are the 4 sinuses?
Frontal
Sphenoidal
Ethmoidal
Maxillary
What do the 4 paranasal sinuses do?
Lighten weight of skull Provide airation Provide warmth Provide moisture Trap pathogens
What are the 3 unpaired facial bones?
Vomer (vertical bone)
Mandible (freely movable)
Hyoid (free floating…muscles that let you swallow)
How many pairs of mimetic muscles of facial expression are there?
36 pairs
What are the muscles of facial expression?
Levator Anguli Oris Levator Labii Superioris Levator Labii Superioris Alaeque Nasi Mentalis Nasalis Orbicularis Oculi Orbicularis Oris Platysma Procerus Risorius Zygomaticus Major
What nerve controls muscles of facial expression?
7th cranial nerve - facial
What is 7th nerve paralysis?
Bell’s Palsy
How many wings of the sphenoid bone are there? What are they?
There are 2:
Greater wing
Lesser wing
What is the brain’s most important receptor?
Eye
What are the parts of the CNS?
Brain and spinal cord
How many subdivisions of the nervous system are there? What are they?
There are 3:
CNS
PNS
ANS
What is the PNS?
All the nerves exiting the spinal cord and going to muscles and organs
What is the ANS?
All the nerves exiting the brain/spinal cord that control involuntary action of smooth muscle and glands
What are the parts of a single neuron?
Soma (cell body)
Axon (exiting)
Dendrites (entering)
Synapse
How long does it take to grow a dendrite?
Seconds to minutes…lost as quickly if not fired/wired
What is responsible for the myelination of CNS neurons?
Oligodendrocytes
What type of matter are axons?
White matter
Can CNS neurons regenerate?
NO
What matter are non-myelinated neurons?
Gray matter
What is the resting membrane potential?
Na/K disequalibrium
Current created by movement of ions (Na+, K+, Cl-)
What ion is prevalent in ECF?
Na+
145 mEq/L
What ion is prevalent in ICF?
K+
150 mEq/L
What is most energy to cell used for?
ATP - sodium potassium ATPase
CNS Embryology - 3 parts of brain
Forebrain
Midbrain
Hindbrain
In embryonic development, what does nervous system develop from?
Surface ectoderm
In embryogenesis, what does the neural crest cells along the margin of the neural groove develop into?
Sensory and sympathetic neurons and schwann cells
In embryogenesis, what happens to neural tube in 4th week?
It develops 3 anterior dilations that become the brain
In embryogenesis, what does the lumen of the neural tube develop into?
the central canal of the spinal cord and ventricles of the brain
What does the average head weigh?
4.5 - 5 Kg or 8-12 lbs
What does the average brain weigh?
3 - 3.5 lbs
What is the front part of the brain called?
Rostral
What is the back part of the brain called?
Caudal
The cerebrum is how much of brain volume?
85%
The cerebellum is what percentage of neurons?
50%
The 2 parts of the brain (rostral and caudal) are separated by what?
Central sulcus
What does the central sulcus separate?
Precentral gyrus - motor neurons
Postcentral gyrus - sensory neurons
What is the glistening arachnoid mater covering the brain?
Pia mater
What separates the hemispheres of the brain?
Longitudinal fissure
What matter is on the outside of the brain?
Gray matter (soma and dendrites)
What matter is on the inside of the brain?
White matter (myelinated axons)
What are the 2 cerebral hemispheres?
Right and Left
What are the hills and valleys in the brain?
Gyri
Sulci
How are the two hemispheres connected?
Via the thick myelinated fibers of the Corpus Collosum
What is the Right hemisphere?
Representational
What is the Left hemisphere?
Categorical
Analytical
What sits on top of the Corpus Collosum?
Cingulate Gyrus (C-shaped)
How many lobes of the brain are there? What are they?
There are 5 lobes: Frontal Parietal Temporal Occipital Insula
In what lobe of the brain are the visual centers?
Occipital lobe
Is the Corpus Collosum, white or gray matter?
White
Is the Soma white or gray matter?
Gray
Are dendrites white or gray matter?
Gray
Are synapses white or gray matter?
Gray
Are axons white or gray matter?
White
What is the Cortical Neuron?
The cortex of the cerebrum
Has 1000’s of dendrites
What covers the brain?
3 meninges:
Dura mater
Arachnoid mater
Pia mater
What is between the brain and skull?
Cerebrospinal fluid
What is the outermost tough membrane covering the brain?
Dura mater
What space is between the skull and dura mater?
Epidural space
What space is between the dura mater and arachnoid mater?
Subdural space
What space is between the arachnoid mater and pia mater?
Subarachnoid space
What is the delicate innermost membrane, adherent to the brain and spinal cord?
Pia mater
How many ventricles of the brain?
There are 4:
2 lateral First and Second
Third Fourth
Where is CSF produced and by what?
Lateral ventricles by choroid plexus
What is CSF absorbed by?
Arachnoid villi
How much CSF is produced a day and where does it go?
500 mL/day
Fills ventricles and subarachnoid space
If intracranial pressure is increased what will happen?
Papilledema
What is papilledema?
swelling of the optic nerve due to increased intracranial pressure
What is an increase in intracranial pressure from expanding CSF called?
Hydrocephalus