week 2 Flashcards
what are the functions of the skull?
To protect the brain
Provides attachment for muscle in your face that moves up and down
Supports your eyes and ears all your special sensors have to be in the right positions and also protects
use the skull in chewing and feeding
the upper airway is continous with the skull
What is the drawbacks of the skull
there is only a finite amount of space in the skull and it is not smooth. There are sharp edges which can damage the brain depending on the skull injury.
What is the name of the part of the the skull that is not the mandible?
Cranium
Name the two parts of the cranium
nuerocranium and viscero cranium –> facial part
importance of the carotid canal?
the route in which the inerntal common carotid enters the skull
importance of Ethmoid cribriform plate?
Small holes that allow nerves to go from your nasal cavity to your brain
what does the ethmoid bone contribute to ?
roof and lateral walls of the nasal cavity
what is the most common joint in the skull
sutures
what is the importance of sutures?
they all the growth of the skull
what promotes the growth of sutures?
the growth of the brain
when does ossification takes please?
around the age of 20
what is Craniosynostosis?
premature sutural fusion. This mean that the brain grows abnromally and the shape of the brain is not normal. Different parts growing at different rates
what is the treatment for Craniosynostosis?
The surgical removal of the skulla nd reforming the skull to give it more space
what is the damage of the middle meningeal artery assoicated with?
extradural hemorrhage –> is a type of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in which a buildup of blood occurs between the dura mater (the tough outer membrane of the central nervous system) and the skull.
wHAT KEY structure does the middle meningeal artery pass through to get to the brain?
foramen spinossum
what is the name of the shape where the sutures meet?
pterion region
Why is the pterion region week?
it is very thin and the sutures arent formed properly. The Middle meningeal artery runs medially to this
what are the two processes of the ramus?
coronoid process that attatches the big muscles needed for chewing
condylar process which forms the arituculation with the cranium
what is the movement of the temporal mandibular joint when it is contracted?
rotation and then a anterior sliding
what problem can you have if your sinuses get blocked such as frontal sinus?
you can have issues with pressure changes
what is the first cranial nerve and what are you testing it for?
olfactor nerve and it is the nerve for smell
what are you testing 2nd cranial nerve for ?
Visual acuity
Visual fields
Pupils and responses
what normal inspections of the eye do you do?
Pupillary size. Are they equal?
Exophthalmos – protruding eyeball
Ptosis – drooping of an eyelid
which cranial nerve is the optic nerve?
2nd cranial nerve
how do you test for visual aquity?
you ask the patient to read a book or something. They will use glases if they usually need to. You use smellen chart to see if they have redcued aquity?
describe how visual field is tested?
you waggle you fingers laterally to the middle and the patient should say when they see it. They should cover one eye up and use the other. Should be done from each of the 4 corners and done for both eyes
Using a torch not opthalmoscope you shine a light into a eye and wait for to constrict then return to normal then you shine the light again on the same eye and should see the other eye constricting too. Done to both eyes. What is this testing for and what cranial neve is it?
This is testint pupils and responses to light and it is cranial 2. –> optic nerve
what should be the response when testing for pupils and responses to accomadation?
the pupils shoudl contrict as you more your index finger closer to the eye
how is Fundoscopy performed?
it is performed using opthalmoscope
what are nerves 3,4 and 6 and what are they tested for?
3rd –> occularmotor 4th –> trochlear and 6th-abducens
it is testing the movement of the eye.
With your finger make a H shape and assess the movement of one of the eyes. The other should be covered.