Scalp

Question 1

What are the five layers of the Scalp?

Answer 1

Skin, Connective tissue, Aponeurosis (epicranial), Loose areolar tissue, and Pericranium

Question 2

These layers are intimately bounded together and move as a unit

Answer 2

Skin, connective tissue and aponeurosis

Question 3

Thick and hair bearing which also contains numerous sebaceous glands

Answer 3

Skin

Question 4

Located beneath the skin which is fibrofatty

Answer 4

Connective tissue

Question 5

The fibrous septa uniting the skin to the underlying aponeurosis of what muscle

Answer 5

Occipitofrontalis muscle

Question 6

What arteries are found in the connective tissue layer of the scalp?

Answer 6

Branches of the external and internal carotid artery

Question 7

A thin, tendinous sheet that unites the occipital and frontal bellies the occipitofrontalis muscle.

Answer 7

Aponeurosis (epicranial)

Question 8

The lateral margins of the aponeurosis are attached to what?

Answer 8

Temporal fascia

Question 9

This occupies the subaponeurotic space and loosely connects the epicranial aponeurosis to the periosteum of the skull

Answer 9

Loose areolar tissue

Question 10

The areolar tissue contains what important veins?

Answer 10

Emissary veins

Question 11

These are valveless that connect the superficial veins of the scalp with the diploic veins of the skull bones and with what venous sinuse?

Answer 11

Emissary veins; intracranial venous sinuses

Question 12

This is the periosteum covering of the outer surface of the skull bones

Answer 12

Pericranium

Question 13

What can raise the eyebrows?

Answer 13

The frontal bellies of the occipitofrontalis

Question 14

This nerve is a branch of the ophthalmic division of the trigeminal nerve that winds around the superior orbital margin and supplies the scalp

Answer 14

Supratrochlear nerve

Question 15

What passes backward close to the median plane and reaches nearly as far as the vertex of the skull?

Answer 15

Supratrochlear nerve

Question 16

A branch of the ophthalmic division of the trigeminal nerve that winds around the superior orbital margin and ascends over the forehead

Answer 16

Supraorbital nerve

Question 17

The supraorbital nerve supplies the?

Answer 17

Scalp as far backward as the vertex

Question 18

The zygomaticotemporal nerve is a branch of ___ which supplies the scalp over the temple

Answer 18

Maxillary division of the trigeminal nerve

Question 19

A branch of the mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve that ascends over the side of the head from in from of the auricle.

Answer 19

Auriculotemporal nerve

Question 20

The terminal branches of the auriculotemporal nerve supply what?

Answer 20

Skin over the temporal region

Question 21

This supplies the scalp over the lateral part of the occipital region, the skin over the medial surface of the auricle and is a branch of the cervical plexus (C2)

Answer 21

Lesser occipital nerve

Question 22

a branch of the posterior ramus of the 2nd cervical nerve, ascends over the back of the scalp and supplies the skin as far forward as the vertex of the skull

Answer 22

Greater occipital nerve