The Brain
How many pairs of cranial nerves are there?
What is 12
CTS is treated by?
What is incising the transverse ligament to decompress the nerve
The visual cortex of the brain is in which region?
What is Occipital
In a diskectomy, what is used to extract pulposus?
What is a pituitary rongeur
What instrument is used to strip and separate galea and pericranium from the skull?
What is Langenbeck periosteal elevator
Deep grooves in the Cerebrum that separates the brain into lobes
What are Fissures
What is another name for the first cervical vertebra
What is Atlas
What portion of the spinal column consists of 5 fused vertebrae in the average adult?
What is sacrum (sacral)
Horseshoe device for neurosurgical cranial positioning?
What is Mayfield
What produces CSF?
What is the choroid plexus
What is the name of the structure where the pituitary gland sits?
What is Sella Turcica
How many vertebrae in the normal adult spine?
What is 33
Where do most intercranial aneurysms occur?
What are arterial bifurcations
What instrument could be used for burr holes if no powered instruments are available?
What is Hudson Brace
Craniosynastosis is a congenital defect involving?
What is premature cranial suture closure
Papaverine is used in craniotomy for aneurysm clipping to prevent?
What are vasospasms
What is the name of the group of spinal nerves that continue from the distal spinal cord?
What is Cauda Equina
The largest bilateral nerves that innervate the buttocks and lower extremities
What is Sciatic
What instrument has a hook placed in the wound and the distal end is used for a weight?
What is Taylor
Wilson, Andrews and Hall frames are positioning devices used for?
What is Lumbar hemilaminotomy
The Circle of Willis is?
What is a network of connected arteries at the base of the brain
The lowest part of the brain stem and continguous with the spinal cord
What is the Medulla Oblongata
What is the distal most area of the spinal cord or spinal nerves called?
What is filum terminale
When incising the cranium between burr holes, what attachment to the craniotome should be used to prevent injury?
What is dural guard with foot plate
The result of torn bridging veins between the cerebral cortex and venous sinus
What is a subdural hematoma