Scalp Flashcards
T/F:
Loculated fat is deep to the epicranial epineurosis
False
it is deep to the skin
What is the function of the loculated fat?
Provides strength
What is the role of the epicranial epineurosis?
Flat tendinous structure that connects the frontal and occipital bellies of occipitofrontalis
T/F:
Lax aerolar tissue is deep to the pericranium
False
Superficial to pericranium
Deep to epicranial epineurosis
What is the pericranium?
Dense connective tissue
T/F:
The loculated fat isn’t very vascularised
False
highly vascularised
Where is the epicranial aponeurosis attached to?
Temporal and superior nucal lines
How does the face and scalp get motor innervation?
Cutaneous branches of the facial nerve
How does the face and scalp get sensory innervation?
Cutaneous branches of the three divisions of the trigeminal nerve
