Paper 2 Flashcards
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Sinuses draining into the transverse sinuses
- Receives the superior sagittal, occipital and straight sinuses
Drainage of the inferior anastamotic vein of Labbe
Transverse sinus
Circle of Willis variants
- Hypoplasia of one or both PCOM
- Hypoplastic/absent segment A1 segment of ACA
- Absent or fenestrated ACOM
- Origin of PCA from the ICA with absent/hypoplastic P1 segment
- Infundibular dilatation of the PCOM origin
Common or important variants of the corpus callosum
- Dysgenesis of the corpus callosum
- Primary = corpus never forms
- Secondary: forms normally and is subsequently destroyed
- Absent septum pellucidum
- Holoprosencephaly
- Hypoplastic fornices
- Cavum abnormalities
Four parts of the MCA
- Sphenoidal - Insular - Opercular - Cortical
Posterior cranial fossa variants
- Chiari malformations - Dandy Walker malformations - Mega cisterna magna - Posterior fossa arachnoid cysts - Vermian hypoplasia - Cerebellar dysplasia - Pontocerebellar hypoplasia
Name the nerves which pass through the cavernous sinus in order from superior to inferior
a. Occulomotor b. Ophthalmic division of V c. Trochlear d. Maxillary division of V e. Abducens
Variants of the septum pellucidum
- Cavum septum pellucidum - Cavum septum pellucidum et vergae - Cavum veli interpositi
Describe and compare variants of the variants of the septum pellucidum
- Cavum septum pellucidum describes a dilation within the anterior portion fo the septum pellucidum - When it continues further posteriorly it is called cavum septum pellucidum et vergae - Cavum veli interpositi – dilation of the normal cistern of the velum interpositum
4 branches of the supraclinoid branches and terminal segments of the ICA excluding the ACA and the MCA
- Ophthalmic artery - Superior hypophyseal - PCOM - Ant choroidal
Describe the blood supply of the pituitary gland
- Complex supply via the hypophyseal portal system, composed of 6 arteries, three from below and three from above. - Above o Superior hypophyseal artery o Infundibular artery o Prechiasmal artery - Below o Inferior hypohyseal artery o Capsular artery o Artery of the inferior cavernous sinus
List 2 variants of the basal cisterns
- Arachnoid cysts - Cavum velum interpositi
List and briefly describe the congenital anastomoses between the carotid and vertebrobasilar arterial systems
- Persistent primitive trigeminal artery (ICA exits the carotid canal, runs posterolaterally along the trigerminal nerve, associated with small PCOM and vertebrals) - Persistent primitive hypoglossal artery (through the hypoglossal canal parallel to the nerve, connecting the cervical ICA with the basilar artery. Single artery which hsupplies the brainstem and cerebellum) - Persistent otic artery - Persistent proatlantal artery
Innervation of the larynx
- Motor: recurrent laryngeal nerve, except cricothyroid which is supplied by the external laryngeal nerve - Sensory: o Above the vocal cords – internal laryngeal N o Below the vocal cords: recurrent laryngeal nerve
3 common or important variants of the thyroid gland (no vascular)
- Pyramidal lobe - Lobar hemiagnenesis - Thyroglossal duct cyst - Ectopic thyroid tissue - Zuckerandl’s tubercle
2 common or important variants of the parathyroid glands (no vascular)
- Supranumary glands - Fewer than 4 parathyroid glands - Ectopic parathyroid gland
Variants of the calvarial sutures
- Persistent metopic suture - Wormian bones - Craniosynostosis - Continuation of the occipitomastoid suture - Second symmetric occipitomastoid suture - Accessory parietal suture - Mendosal suture
Pharyngeal impression
- Cricopharyngeus - Aorta - Left main bronchus - Left atrium - (Aberrant right subclavian artery) - (aberrant left pulmonary artery)
Innervation of the 3 constrictor muscles
- Superior and middle: Pharyngeal plexus - Inferior: pharyngeal plexus with possible innervation from recurrent laryngeal and/or external laryngeal nerve
Structure located in the trachea-oesophageal groove, Origin and function
- Recurrent laryngeal nerve - Originates: vagus N - Function: Motor supply to the intrinsic muscles of the larynx (except cricopharyngeus) - Sensory and secretomor supply to the laryngeal mucosal structures below the level of the vocal cords
5 important/common variants of the paranasal sinuses
- Mainly size and bony septation - Sphenoid sinus: optic nerve relationship o 1: adjacent to the sphenoid sinus o 2: indenting the sinus o 3: Traversing the sinus o 4: Adjacent to the posterior ethmoid sinus - Frontal o Aplastic o Hypoplastic o Enlarged - Agger nasi, Haller, Onodi cells, concha bullosa - Supraorbital air cells
What enters the skull with the internal carotid artery
- Enters through the carotid canal - Sympathetic plexus is carried with it.
5 common or important variants of the vertebral arteries
- Enters the transverse foramina at the level of C7 - Hypoplastic - Terminates as the PICA - Variable origin o Aortic arch o Second branch of subclavian artery o Common carotid o External carotid o Internal carotid - Duplication - Fenestration
4 structures embedded in the parotid glands
- Retromandibular vein - Facial nerve - External carotid artery - Intraparotid lymph nodes