Ventricles, Hemispheres and Venous Sinuses

Question 1

If Broca’s area was affected, what would a patient be unable to do?

Answer 1

Able to follow instruction but unable to generate words

Question 2

If Wernicke’s area was affected, what would a patient be unable to do?

Answer 2

Unable to follow instructions but could name simple objects, like a pen

Question 3

In majority of people, are the language centres in the right or left hemisphere?

Answer 3

Left hemisphere

Question 4

Describe the speed of the onset of vascular embolism.

Answer 4

Sudden onset

Question 5

Describe the speed of the onset of a malignant tumour.

Answer 5

Gradual onset- months

Question 6

Describe the speed of the onset of a haematoma.

Answer 6

Onset can be minutes or hours after trauma

Question 7

What are the contents of the inferior auditory meatus?

Answer 7

Facial nerve
Vestibulocochlear nerve

Question 8

What are the contents of the foramen magnum?

Answer 8

Spinal cord, two vertebral arteries

Question 9

What are the contents of the optic canal?

Answer 9

Optic nerve

Question 10

What are the contents of the foramen ovale?

Answer 10

Mandibular branch of trigeminal nerve

Question 11

What are the contents of the foramen rotundum?

Answer 11

Maxillary branch of trigeminal nerve

Question 12

What are the contents of the jugular foreman?

Answer 12

Sigmoid sinuses go through to become internal jugular veins

Question 13

What are the contents of the cribriform plate?

Answer 13

Olfactory nerve

Question 14

What are the contents of the superior orbital fissure?

Answer 14

Oculomotor nerve
Trochlear nerve
Ophthalmic nerve
Abducens nerve

Question 15

What are the contents of the styloid mastoid formaen?

Answer 15

Facial nerve

Question 16

What are the contents of the carotid canal?

Answer 16

Internal carotid artery

Question 17

What are the contents of the foramen spinosum?

Answer 17

Middle meningeal artery

Question 18

Pterion?

Answer 18

Weakest part of the skull where different bones fuse together

Question 19

WEBSITE FOR REVISION- maybe more so for anatomy though

Answer 19

The Neurosurgical Atlas

Question 20

What connects third and fourth ventricles?

Answer 20

Cerebral aqueduct/aqueduct of Sylvius

->both the same

Question 21

Which sulcus separates the frontal and temporal lobes?

Answer 21

Lateral sulcus

Question 22

Where do the sigmoid sinuses drain?

Answer 22

Internal jugular vein

Question 23

A patient has gradual onset of a unilateral sensorineural deafness confirmed by pure tone audiometry and poor balance. Which skull base foramen could be involved?

Answer 23

Internal auditory meatus

Question 24

What is another name for the carotid canal?

Answer 24

Foramen lacerum