The head/neck Flashcards
When do the different Fontanel fuse?
Future Lambdoid Suture: 6-8 Wks
Anterior Fontanel: 18 to 24 Months
Anterolateral Fontanel: 3 Months
Posterolateral Fontanel: 1 to 2 months
What is the plane running from the superior margin of the external auditory meatus Horizantally?
Frankfort Horizontal Plane (Auriculo-orbital plane)
What is the weakest part of the skull? What is it’s other clinical significance?
Pterion
Anterior branch f middle meningeal artery lies in the groove on the internal aspect of lateral was of skull
What is the contrecoup fracture?
No fracture at site of impact; Fracture at opposite site of skull
Where is the Incisive foramen and what passes though it?
- Posterior to incisor teeth in hard palate of maxilla
- Nasopalatine Branches of CN V2
Where is infraorbital foramen and what passes through it?
- Inferior to orbit on maxilla
- Infraorbital Branch CN V2
Where is the mandibular foramen and what passes through it?
- Medial surface of the ramus of mandible
- Alveolar vessels and inferior alveolar branches of CN V3
Where is the mental foramen and what passes through it?
- Inferior to second premolar on anterolateral surface or mandible
- Mental blood vessels; Mental Nerve Branch Of CN V3
Where is the Dural venous sinus? what veins drains into them?
- Between dura and Internal periostum lining of the skull
- Vertebral venous plexus
- Emissary veins of scalp
- Emissary veins of nasal mucosa
- Angular Vein via superior ophthalmic vein from face to nose
What does the superior saggital sinus drain?
Nasal cavity, scalp, meningeal vein, and superior cerebral vein
________ Joins the great cerebral vein to form the _________, which empties in the confluence of sinuses.
Inferior Sagittal sinus joins the great cerebral vein to form the straight sinus, which empties in the confluence of sinuses
What will the transverse sinus become?
Becomes sigmoid sinus and eventually becomes internal jugular vein
What runs through the cavernous sinus?
- Internal Carotid aa
- CN VI
What structures run lateral to the cavernous sinus?
- CN III, IV, V1, and V2
What structures drain into the cavernous sinus?
- Superior and inferior ophthalmic vein
- Central vein of retina
What is the Adam’s apple, and what spinal lvl?
Thyroid cartilage C4-5