Yearclub Cards Flashcards
What does the frontal lobe do?
Motor, micturition center (urination), Major cognition
What does the temporal lobe do?
memory
hearing
What does the occipital lobe do?
Vision
What does the parietal lobe do?
sensory
SCALP acronym
Skin
Connective tissue
Aponeurosis
Loose connective tissue
Pericranium
What nerve provides sensory support to the dura matter
CNV
What structures created by the dura matter help to separate lobes of the brain?
- Falx cerebri
- Tentori Cerebellum
What is an extradural heammorhage?
Due to a ruptured middle meningeal artery
- Between bone & dura
What artery is deep to the pterion
Middle meningeal artery
What artery supplies the lateral part of the brain?
Middle cerebral artery
What artery supplies the posterior part of the brain?
Posterior cerebral artery
What artery supplies the medial part of the brain?
Anterior cerebral artery
What cranial nerve is the facial nerve?
CNVII
What cranial nerve is the glossopharyngeal nerve?
CNIX
What is the classic sign of a damaged vagus nerve?
The uvula points away from the damaged side