Spine Injuries & Concussion Lecture Notes

Question 1

What suture separates the frontal and parietal bones?

Answer 1

coronal suture

Question 2

what suture separates the parietal bones?

Answer 2

sagittal suture

Question 3

what suture separates the parietal and temporal bones from the occipital bone?

Answer 3

lambdoid suture

Question 4

what is known as the intersection of the sagittal and coronal sutures?

Answer 4

bregma suture

Question 5

what is the most superior point of the skull

Answer 5

vertex

Question 6

The outer layer lining the skull (cranial meninges)

Answer 6

dura mater

Question 7

cranial meninges layer that contains blood vessels

Answer 7

arachnoid (mater)

Question 8

cranial meninges layer that covers the brain. the portion that gives the brain its glossy appearance.

Answer 8

pia mater

Question 9

What SENSE does Cranial Nerve I (olfactory) detect/or responsible for?

Answer 9

smell

Question 10

what SENSE does Cranial Nerve II (Optic) detect/or responsible for?

Answer 10

visual activity, visual field

Question 11

what MOTOR function is Cranial Nerve III (Oculomotor) responsible for?

Answer 11

pupillary reaction

Question 12

what MOTOR function is Cranial Never IV (Trochlear) responsible for?

Answer 12

eye movement

Question 13

What MOTOR and SENSORY function is Cranial Nerve V (Trigeminal) responsible for?

Answer 13

facial sensation and mouth movement

Question 14

what MOTOR function is Cranial Nerve VI (Abducens) responsible for ?

Answer 14

lateral eye movement

Question 15

What MOTOR and SENSORY function is Cranial Nerve VII (Facial) responsible for ?

Answer 15

facial expression and taste

Question 16

what sensory function is Cranial Nerve VIII (Vesibulocochlear) responsible for ?

Answer 16

hearing and balance

Question 17

what SENSORY and MOTOR function is Cranial Nerve IX (Glossopharyngeal) responsible for ?

Answer 17

swallowing and voice

Question 18

what SENSORY and MOTOR function is Cranial X (Vagus) responsible for?

Answer 18

gag reflex

Question 19

what MOTOR function is Cranial Nerve XII (Spinal Accessory) responsible for ?

Answer 19

neck motion (shrug)

Question 20

what MOTOR function is Cranial Nerve XII (Hypoglossal) responsible for?

Answer 20

tongue movement and strength

Question 21

What are the muscles of the axial skeleton responsible for?

Answer 21

facial expression, mastication, eye movement, tongue movement, neck movement, respiration

Question 22

There are two types of curvature in the spine. What are they?

Answer 22

Lordotic and Kyphotic

Question 23

concave on the anterior side and convex on the posterior side describes what type of curvature?

Answer 23

Kyphotic

Question 24

concave on the posterior side and convex on the anterior side describes what type of curvature?

Answer 24

Lordotic

Question 25

symphysis/vertebrae to vertebrae with intervertebral disc

Answer 25

intervertebral articulation

Question 26

synovial/head of rib with costal facet on vertebral body

Answer 26

costovertebral articulation

Question 27

synovial/tubercle of rib with transverse process of vertebrae

Answer 27

costotransverse articulation

Question 28

synovial/superior facet of lower vertebrae with inferior facet of upper vertebrae

Answer 28

Zygopophyseal Articulation

Question 29

carries sensory, motor, and autonomic impulses between the brain and the body

Answer 29

spinal cord

Question 30

brain injury where there is an arterial bleed between the dura mater and skull (can develop within thirty minutes)

Answer 30

epidural hematoma

Question 31

brain injury where there is a venous bleed in subdural space of the brain. (can take days to develop/see visible onset)

Answer 31

subdural hematoma