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Neurocranium bones

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2 paired - temporal and parietal
4 non - ethmoidal, sphenoid, frontal, occipital

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optic canal

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CNII + ophthalmic arteries

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SOF

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CN III, IV, V1(ophthalmic), VI
Ophthalmic veins
Sympathetic

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foramen rotundum

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V2 maxillary

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foramen ovale

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V3 mandibular

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foramen spinosum

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middle meningeal artery and vein

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foramen magnum

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medulla and meninges
XI
Spinal and vertebral arteries

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jugular foramen

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internal jugular vein
IX, X, XI (ascends)
Between temporal and occipital bones

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Stylomastoid foramen

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VII
in temporal bone

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10
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Hypoglossal foramen

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XII in occipital

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Ossification head bones

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Calvaria - intramembranous
Base - intramembranous / endochondral ossification

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Formation mastoid

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Not present at birth
Pulled on by scm

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IJV course

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Jugular foramen (from signoid sinus)
In carotid sheath
Lat to carotid, ant to vagus
Passes deep to SCM
Post to med clavicle joins subclav to form brachiocephalic pl

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Gag reflex

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Glossopharyngeal afferent, vagus efferent

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Muscles mastication

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Temporalis and masseter - elevation and retraction mandible
Lat pterygoid - protracts, depresses and swings side to side
Med pterygoid - elevate mandible, lat swing
All mandibular branch V

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Quadrigeminal cistern

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Post to corpus callosum
Contains great cerebral vein
Ambiens is ant to it and cont with it

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Cerebro medullary cistern

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Largest
Receives from 4th vent

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Pontocerebellar cistern

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Ventral pons
Cont with spinal subarach

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Chiasmatic cistern

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Inf and ant to optic X

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Contents parotid region

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Facial nerve and plexus
Retromandibular vein
External carotid artery
Masseter muscle
Parotid gland and duct

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Parotid innervation

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Sensory v3 auricotemporal and c2/3 greater auricular
Para - IX to otic then V3
Symp - sup cervical to ext carotid nerve plexus (inhib)

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22
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Tongue taste and sensatiom

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Ant 2/3 - sensation v3, taste VII
Post - all IX except snakk part X internal laryngeal

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Arteries kiesselbach area

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Ant and post ethmoidal
Superior labial
Greater palatine
Sphenopalatine

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Sutures skull

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Coronal
Sagital
Lambdoidal
Squamous

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Sulci
Longitudinal cerebral fissure Central sulcus Lateral sulcus Parieto-occipital sulcus
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Neocortex layers
6 Sup is molecular Deepest is multiform Pyramidal nost common - glutamate Basket, stellate and chandelier - inhib gaba
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location optic chiasm
within sella turcica sphenoid in subarachnoid space above pituitary, blow hypothalamus, anterior to pituitary stalk
28
Ciliary ganglion
from between optic nerve and lat rectus para - CNIII, sphincter pupilae + ciliary muscles symp - int carotid, dilates eye sens - V1
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Mnemonic cranial parasympathetic ganglia
COPS3977
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Pterygopalatine ganglion
from pterygo palatine fossa para - VII -> V1/2 lacrimal symp - int carotid, blood vessels nasal, palate pharynx somatic: V2
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Otic ganglion
from inf to foramen ovale by V3 para - IX -> V3 to parotid (auricoltemporal) symp - sup cervical ganglion, blood vessels parotid somatic - V3
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Submandibular
from lingual nerve on surface hypoglossus para - VII -> V3 submand and sublingual symp - sup cervical ganlion to glands somatic -V3
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TM innervation
External auricotemporal (plus facial and vagus) Internal tympanic branch glossopharyngeal
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Pharyngeal arch facial muscles
2nd
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Facial veins draining to IJV
supra orbital and supratrochlear via facial
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Facial veins draining to retromandibular vein
superficial temporal and maxillary
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Facial veins draining to EJV
posterior branch retromandibular and posterior auricular
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Diencephalon
epithalamus, thalamus, hypothalamus
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Brain stem and CNs
mid brain CN III, IV pons CN V - VIII medulla CN IX, X, XII
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Action superior oblique and inferior oblique
SO - ABducts, depresses, medially rotates IO - ABducts, elevates, lat rotates
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Eye muscles that adduct
SR, IR, MR
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Infratemporal fossa contents
inferior temporalis muscle lat and med pterygoids maxillary artery pterygoid venous plexus otic ganglion V3 Chorda tympani
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Age teeth come through
incisors - 7-8 canines and pre molars - 10-12 Molars - 6-25
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Muscles of tongue
XII except palatoglossus X
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Afferent taste nucleus
nucleus solitaris Via geniculate ganglion
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location cerebral veins
subarachnoid space
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Areas not covered by BBB
area postrema posterior pituitary median eminence hypothalamus pineal gland
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Branches maxillary artery
DIPS Descending palatine Infraorbital Posterior superior alveolar Sphenopalatine Middle meningeal
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Function nasal cavities
sup 1/3 olfactory inf 2/3 resp
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Sphenoid sinus drains into
Sphenoethmoidal sinus
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Drains into inferior meatus nose
nasolacrimal duct pharyngotympanic tube
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Drains into middle meatus nose
frontal, ethmoidal and maxillary sinuses
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Tensor tympani innervation and action
V3 attaches handle malleus pulls medially tensing TM dampening sound
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Stapedius innervation and action
VII attaches neck of stapes tenses and dampens sound
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Position to test eye muscles
SR and IR in ABduction SO an IO in ADDuction
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Cell bodies chorda tympani location
Geniculate ganglion
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Location oculomotor nuclei
Internal structure of midbrain
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Location caudate nucleus
Floor of lateral ventrical
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Location horns lateral ventricles
Anterior - frontal Posterior - occipital Inferior - temporal
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Lobe for smell
Temporal
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Anterior division mandibular nerve
Muscles
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Straight sinus formed by
Inferior sagital sinus and great cerebral veins
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Jugular foramen
Ix x xi Inferior petrosal and sigmoid sinuses Ascending pharyngeal and occipital arteries In petrous temporal bone
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Nerve supply pinna
CN V3, VII, X Great auricular spinal nerve C2,3
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Number of cranial bones
22
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Structures inferior orbital fissure
IO nerve and vessels Inferior opthalmic vein Zygomatic nerve

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