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What is the skull

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Collective term referring to the complete skeleton of the head

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Cranium can be further divided into the

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Neurocranium and viscerocranium

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What is neurocranium

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Bones forming a protective box around the brain

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What is visacerocranium

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Bones forming the facial skeleton

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What is the cranial cavity

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Space within the cranium which holds the brain

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Neurocranium consists of the

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Calvaria (Skull or cranial cap or roof of cranium)
Cranial floor

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Bones of the calvaria consist of

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2 layers of compact bone separated by a layer of spongy bone known as diploe

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What is the arrangement of the calvaria called

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Tri-lamina

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Tri-lamina arrangement of compact and spongy bone conveys

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Protective strength without adding significant weight

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What is the orange region

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linear skull fracture

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What is the red region

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Depressed skull fracture

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What is the pink region

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Comminuted skull fracture

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What is the blue region

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Pterion

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What is the green region

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Basilar fracture

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Features of the pterion

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Lies on lateral aspect of the skull
Thinnest part of calvaria
Weak

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Risk of fracture at pterion

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Can injury the middle meningeal artery (anterior branch)- bleeding will cause extradural haematoma, exerts pressure on brain

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What is extradural haematoma

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Blood accumulating between the periosteal layer of the dura mater and the bone

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What are between the large flat bones forming the calvaria

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Serrated, immobile joints known as sutures (coronal, sagittal and lambdoid)

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Features of sutures

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Interlocking nature of joints makes it very difficulty for the bones forming the joint to dislocate- as we age they ossify

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The cranial floor is divided into

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3 depressions or fossae- anterior, middle and posterior

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21
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What are blue and orange

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Frontal and Occipital

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What are purple and yellow

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Ethmoid and Sphenoid

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What are red and green

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Temporal and parietal

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What are found within the cranial floor

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A number of foramina - allow passage for structures such a cranial nerves and blood vessels

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Bleeding within the cranial cavity causes
Intracranial haematoma- can compress and damage the underlying brain tissue
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What needs to be done when a patient presents with a head injury
Neurological assessment and CT imaging of head- check for injury or cervical spine is significant injury
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What can happen if significant force is transmitted to the skull base through the vertebral column
Fractures can occur through the cranial floor- basilar skull fracture Least common fracture
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Clinical signs of basilar skull fractures
Battle’s sign (bruising over mastoid process) Raccoon eyes (bruising around both eyes) Haemotypanum (blood behind ear drum) CSF rhinorrhea/otorrhoea (CSF from nose or ear)
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What is this
Battles sign indicative of basilar skull fracture
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What is this
Raccoon eyes (periorbital haematoma) indicative of basilar skull fracture
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Significance of supraorbital ridge
Easily split when blunt force injury
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What does the frontal bone do
Form skeleton of forehead and forms roof of orbit and part of floor of cranial cavity
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Why is the mandible moveable
Articulates with the cranial base at the TMJ
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Most common facial fractures involve the
Nasal bones (due to prominence of nose) Zygomatic or mandible
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A hard blow to the lower jaw often results in
Fracture of the neck of mandible and its body May be associated with TMJ dislocation
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Why are fractures to the bones of the mid face particularly concerning
They cause a separation of some or all of the mid face from skull base and can present problems for the airway
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How do you classify injuries to the mid face
Le Fort Classification Type 1,2,3 Depending on plane of injury and bones
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What is light green and dark green
Nasal and maxilla
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What is purple and pink
Mandible and vomer
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What is dark blue and light blue
lacrimal and inferior nasal concha
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What is red and yellow
Palatine and zygomatic
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What is the outermost layer of the meninges
Dura- involved in creating a number of folds/partitions and venous channels (dural venous sinuses)
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What are dural venous sinuses
Venous structures formed by the separation of the 2 layers of dura
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Where are cerebral veins and what do they do
Run in subarachnoid space Connect and drain into the dural venous sinuses - drain brain tissue directly
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How do cerebral veins connect to dural Venus sinuses
Bridging veins at certain points Particularly the length of the superior sagittal sinus
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What can happen to bridging veins in head injuries
Brain can move a little within CSF, can cause traction on bridging veins, they can snap. This leads to extravasation of venous blood which fills the plane between the dura and arachnoid (sub dural space) Gives rise to sub dural haemorrhage
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What does periosteum do in skull
Blood vessels sometimes run underneath e.g. middle meningeal Covers surface of outer and inner table of skull bones- strongly adhered to bone edges at suture line and continuous through suture and onto inner table of same bone
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Which bones contribute to the vault of the neurocranium
Frontal, parietal and occipital bones
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What houses the structures of the middle and inner ear
Petrous part of the temporal bone
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When the middle meningeal artery ruptures, blood accumulates where
Extra-dural haemorrhage- inner table of bone and periosteum
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What is a basilar skull fracture
Fracture of bones of cranial floor
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Fracture involving which bone is particularly indicated by bleeding in ear drum or ear
Petrous bone
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What fracture is indicated by CSF out of nose
Ethmoid bone of anterior cranial fossa
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The cribriform plate and cribriform foramina are features of which bone?
Ethmoid
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Condyle of mandible lies anterior to
articular tubercle
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Act of TMJ rotational movement occurs within the
Inferior joint cavity
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Action of gliding movement of TMJ occurs within the
Superior joint cavity
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Which division of the trigeminal nerve innervates the muscles of mastication
7th
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Which muscle acts to retract the mandible at the TMJ
Temporalis
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Conditions related to the TMJ
TMJ disorder (pain often refers to ear, jaw, lateral side of head), clicking, locking Dislocation (secondary to trauma/yawn) Arthritis
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TMJ type of joint
Synovial hinge-type
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TMJ innervation
Auriculotemporal nerve Branch of mandibular division of trigeminal Vc
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Anatomy of TMJ
Articular surfaces of bones lined with fibrocartilage Do not come into direct contact Separated by fibrocartilaginous disc
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TMJ is divided into
2 synovial line cavities filled with synovial fluid Stabilised by joint capsule and 3 extracapsular ligaments
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What are red green and blue
Mandibular fossa of temporal bone Fibrocartilaginous disc Mandibular condyle (head of condyle)
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What area is the star and what happens there
Coronoid process- Temporalis muscle inserts
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Which joint capsule is responsible for gliding movement
Superior joint capsule
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Which joint capsule is responsible for hinge rotational movement
Inferior joint capsule
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What happens in gliding forward action
Condyle slides onto articular tubercle
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Elevation of TMJ
Masseter, Temporalis, medial pterygoid
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Depression of TMJ
Lateral pterygoid, gravity, platysma and suprahyoids if against resistance
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Protrusion of TMJ
Lateral pterygoid, medial pterygoid assist
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Retraction of TMJ
Posterior fibres of Temporalis
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Grinding of TMJ
Lateral pterygoids laterally deviate mandible
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What happens to condyle in normal depression
Does not pass in front of articular process
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Wide opening (depression) of mandible requires
Rotation hinge action and gliding forward
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Why does jaw lock
Joint fixes in open position due to anterior dislocation of condyle over the articular tubercle Contraction of muscles around joint (muscles of mastication)
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Venous connection between scalp veins and dural venous sinuses
Emissary

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