Structures
What goes through the foramen rotundum?
Maxillary Nerve
Describe a contusion
Brain bruise
What is TMJ?
Temporomandibular Joint Syndrome- causes pain, clicking, or any other issues with that joint.
Which race has the largest Maxilla?
Africans
What is dangerous under the pterion?
The MMA (Middle Meningeal Artery)
Describe the Nasolacrimal Duct
Opening In the lacrimal bone which drains tears
Functions of the precentral and postcentral gyrus
Precentral: Motor control
Postcentral: Sensory control
What does the Anterior Fontanelle and Posterior Fontanelle become in an adult?
Anterior Fontanelle: Bregma
Posterior Fontanelle: Lamda
Describe the difference between an epidural hematoma, and a subdural hematoma
Epidural: When the MMA is bleeding out, and blood pools between the skull and endosteal layer
Subdural: Slow bleeding into the subdural space from a vein
What can we learn from the fontanelles?
(name 4 things)
Take pulse
Check for dehydration
See if the skull is still growing
Hydrocephalus
What goes through the Foramen Ovale, carotid canal, Foramen Spinosum
Foramen Ovale: mandibular Nerve
Carotid Canal: Internal Carotid Artery
Foramen Spinosum: MMA
Describe the three different types of aphasia
Wernicke’s- You can annunciate clearly, but it doesn’t make sense
Brocas- You understand what you want to say, but can’t say it properly
Global Aphasia- You can’t receive or express language
Name the layers under The calvarium, superficial to deep
(name 6 layers)
1. Endosteal Layer of Dura
2. Meningeal Layer of Dura
3. Subdural Space
4. Arachnoid Layer of Dura
5. Subarachnoid Space
6. Pia mater