What's up Willis
What is anastomosis?
Where arteries come together.
What does the hippocampus do?
Builds short term memories.
What is a pulled elbow?
popped head of radius out of the annular ligament.
If you get strangled what bone breaks
Hyoid bone
What is cranial nerve III and what does it do?
Oculomotor and it moves your eyes
What does the anterior commissure control and what does the posterior commissure control?
anterior = smell
posterior = eye movement
What weak bone is often broken falling onto an outstretched arm?
the clavicle
Where are baroreceptors found?
Carotid Sinus
what joints allow you to nod and shake your head
nod = atlas occipital condyle joint
shake - atlas axis joint
What's the advantage of having a circle of willis?
If any part of the artery is blocked the brain can still get blood by going the other direction.
What is the most important brain structure?
hypothalamus
How many joint types are there? What are they?
3
Fibrous, Cartilaginous, Synovial
What is a goiter
enlargement of the thyroid
What does AICA and PICA stand for?
Anterior Inferior cerebellar artery and Posterior Inferior cerebellar artery
what orients your reflexes to what you hear?
Inferior colliculus
luxation = a dislocation
subluxation = slightly out of alignment
where would an emergency cricothyroidotomy be performed?
cricothyroid membrane
How many nerves are intertwined with the circle of Willis? What are they?
3
Cranial nerves 1,2,3: olfactory, optic, oculomotor
What structure tells the cerebellum what the left and right side of their body is doing
the pons
How many wrist bones are there? Bonus if you can name them all
8
trapezium, trapezoid, capitate, scaphoid, hamate, pisiform, triquetrum, lunate
what are the layers of the neck structures and membranes be (think HTTCC)
hyoid, thyroid membrane, thyroid cartilage, cricothyroid membrane, cricoid cartilage