Random facts for the final Flashcards
What are the 4 branches of the ICA?
Cervical Portion- in neck, 0 branches
Petrous Portion- Temporal Bone, in carotid Canal
Cavernous Portion- in the dura
Cerebral Portion- in the brain
What part of the ICA is lined with bone?
Petrous Part, means no expansion
What are the boundaries in the carotid triangle?
anterioinferiorly= superior belly of omohyoid
Anteriosuperior= posterior belly of digastric & stylohyoid
Posteriorly= SCM
What nerve crosses the carotid triangle?
Hypoglossal nerve
What are the borders to the suboccipital triangle?
Medial border- rectus capitus posterior major
Lateral border- obliquus capitis superior
Inferior border- Obliquus capitis inferior
What levels are the kidneys located?
Between T12 & L2-3 while supine
May move caudally 1” while standing
May move up & down with respiration ~1”
Right kidney is slightly lower due to liver
What level does the spinal cord end at? Ends as the?
L2, Conus medularis
What is the shiny fibrous connection of the spinal cord to the coccyx?
Filum terminale
What levels make up the lumbar plexus?
(T12) L1-L4
What nerve passes through the psoas major?
Femoral nerve
What two nerves come off of L1 nerve root?
Iliohypogastric
Ilioinguinal
Anterior division of the lumbar plexus is?
Obturator Nerve L2-4, medial thigh
Posterior division of the Lumbar plexus is?
Lateral femoral cutaneous
Femoral Nerve
What nerve roots contribute to the genitofemoral nerve?
L1-L2
What nerve roots make up the Sacral plexus?
L4-S4
What is the largest nerve of the body?
Sciatic Nerve L4-S3