Bony skull, neck, scalp and face Flashcards
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3 main sutures of the skull?
Lambdoid, coronal and sagittal
Foramen through which facial nerve leaves the skull?
Stylomastoid foramen
5 layers of the scalp?
Skin Connective tissue (dense) Aponeurosis of occipitofrontalis muscle Loose connective tissue Pericranium (periosteum of skull bone)
Bones forming the neurocranium?
Frontal Parietal Occipital Sphenoid Ethmoid Temporal
Part of skull bone which houses red bone marrow?
Diploe (spongey bone)
3 branches of trigeminal nerve?
Opthalmic
Maxillary
Mandibular
Cranial nerve V?
Trigeminal nerve
Cranial nerve VII?
Facial nerve
2 parts of temporal bone?
Squamous (flat)
Petrous (rocky)
Bones of the viscerocranium?
Mandible Maxilla Zygomatic Vomer Palatine Lacrimal Ethmoid Nasal Nasal concha
Largest foramen in the base of skull?
Foramen magnum
Bones forming zygomatic arch?
Zygomatic
Temporal
Terminal branches of facial nerve?
Cervical Marginal mandibular Zygomatic Temporal Buccal
Gland pierced by facial nerve?
Parotid gland
Structures passing through foramen magnum?
Spinal cord
Right and left vertebral arteries
Most common type of joint found in skull?
Fibrous suture
Layer of scalp where blood vessels are present?
Dense connective tissue
Pairs of salivary glands?
Submandibular
Sublingual
Parotid
Tooth which parotid duct opens opposite to in mouth?
Second maxillary molar
Cranial nerve IX?
Glossopharyngeal nerve
Main arteries supplying the face?
Facial artery
Superficial temporal artery
Vein draining facial and superficial temporal veins?
Internal jugular vein
Four compartments of the neck?
Vascular
Visceral
Vertebral
Musculofascial collar
Main structures carried in vascular compartment of neck?
Common carotid artery
Internal jugular vein
Vagus nerve