Module 2.2 Flashcards
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skeleton of the head
Cranium (Skull)
2 Parts of the Cranium
- Neurocranium
2. Viscerocranium
- Cranial vault
- Is the bony case of the brain plus the cranial meninges, proximal parts of cranial nerves and vasculature of the brain
- encloses and protects the brain
Neurocranium
The neurocranium is formed by a series of 8 bones namely:
- Sphenoidal
- Temporal (2sets)
- Occipital
- Parietal (2 sets)
- Frontal
- Ethmoidal
The neurocranium is made up of:
- Calvaria or Skull Cap
2. Cranial Base or Basicranium
a dome like roof called the ___
calvaria or skullcap
a floor or cranial base called the ___
basicranium
- facial skeleton
- forms the anterior part of the cranium
- consists of bones surrounding the orbits, nose and mouth
Viscerocranium
Viscerocranium is consists of 15 irregular bones namely
A. 3 singular bones -- Mandible -- Ethmoid -- Vomer B. 6 bones as bilateral pairs -- Lacrimal -- Inferior nasal conchae -- Maxillae -- Palatine -- Nasal -- Zygomatic
In the anatomic position the inferior margin of the orbit and superior margin of the external acoustic meatus lie in the same horizontal plane
Orbitomeatal Plane or The Frankfort Horizontal Plane
Development of Cranium
- bones of calvaria and cranial base develop by INTRAMEMBRANOUS OSSIFICATION and by ENDOCHONDRAL OSSIFICATION
- at birth the bones of the calvaria are SMOOTH AND UNILAMINAR
- disproportionately large; frontal and parietal eminences are prominent
- facial aspect is small compared to calvaria
- INCREASE IN SIZE OF CALVARIA is GREATEST during the FIRST 2 YRS. due to rapid brain development.
Development of Cranium
- AT BIRTH the Frontal Bones consists of TWO HALVES; UNION begins in the 2ND YR.
- halves of frontal bone are separated by frontal suture; obliterated by the 8th yr.
- FRONTAL AND PARIETAL BONES ARE separated by the CORONAL SUTURE
- remnant of frontal suture that persists
- in the middle of the glabella
- 8% of people
- must not be interpreted as fracture in radiograph
Metopic Suture
Development of Cranium
- intermaxillary suture separates the maxillae
- -mandibular symphysis separates the mandible; halves of the mandible fuse early in the 2nd yr.
- obliteration of sutures begin bet. ages 30 and 40 years on the internal surface and 10 years later on the external surface
Development of Cranium
- no mastoid and styloid process in newborn; facial nerves are close to the surface and can be injured by forceps delivery
- mastoid process forms during the 1st yr; SCM pulls on the petromastoid parts of temporal bones
- diamond or star-shaped
- bounded by frontal bone anteriorly and parietal bone posteriorly
- 18 mos. no longer palpable
- future site of bregma
Anterior Fontanelle
- triangular
- bounded by parietal bones anteriorly and occipital bone posteriorly
- at junction of lambdoid and sagittal sutures; future site of lambda
- no longer palpable at the end of 1st yr.
Posterior Fontanelle
- temporal muscle overlies these fontanelles
- fuse during infancy
Sphenoid and Mastoid Fontanelles
palpation of fontanelles enables the physician to determine the:
- progress of growth of frontal and parietal bones
- degree of hydration (depressed fontanelle means dehydration)
- level of intracranial pressure (bulging means increased pressure)
Rapid Growth of Face
- coincides with the eruption of deciduous teeth
- dento-alveolar development of the alveolar bone
- associated with the increase in size of paranasal sinuses
- premature closure of cranial sutures
- 1 per 2000 births; unknown cause/genetic
- more common in males usually does not affect brain development
Primary Craniosynostosis
- premature closure of sagittal suture
- anterior fontanelle is small or absent
- long, narrow wedge-shaped cranium
Scaphocephaly
- premature closure of the coronal or lambdoid suture on one side only
- cranium is twisted and asymetrical
Plagiocephaly
- premature closure of the coronal suture
- high tower-like cranium
- more common in females
Oxycephaly/Turricephaly