Scalp Flashcards
What connects the occipital is and the frontalis?
Epicranial aponeurosis
What allows free movement of the occipitofrontalis muscle?
Loose alveolar tissue or loose connective tissue
How many layers is the loose alveolar tissue composed of?
3
What is the pericranium?
Is the pericardium of the bone
How to most structure in the scalp attach to the pericranium?
Sharpey’s fibres
Connective tissue
What is the nerve supply of the occipitofrontalis?
Frontal belly Temporal branches of Facial n VII
Occipital belly - posterior auricular nerve Branch of facial nerveJ
What nerves supply the scalp?
Ophthalmic nerve
Maxillary nerve
What blood vessels supply the scalp? - supraorbital and supra trochlear
Ophthalmic artery
What blood vessels supply the scalp? - superficial temporal, posterior auricular and occipital?
External carotid artery
What vein drains the supraorbital and supragrochlear?
Facial vein
Why will a wound to the scalp gape?
If it hits the aponeurosis
Need to hold together
What is the aponeurosis?
A thin but tough layer of the fibrous tendinitis tissue and is the site at which the occipitofrontalis muscle inserts into tissue of the scalp
What are the emissary veins?
Veins which pass through formania in the skull to provide a venous communication between Duran venous sinuses and veins of the scalp or veins inferior to skull base
What are the dural venous sinuses?
Refer to multiple venous channels within the cranial cavity, which are sandwiched between the 2 layers of the dura mater
What are the layers of the meninges - inner to outer?
Pia mater
Arachnoid - web-like structure filled with fluid to cushion brain
Dura mater - tough outer layer