Yearclub Cards Flashcards
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What does the frontal lobe do?
Motor, micturition center (urination), Major cognition
What does the temporal lobe do?
memory
hearing
What does the occipital lobe do?
Vision
What does the parietal lobe do?
sensory
SCALP acronym
Skin
Connective tissue
Aponeurosis
Loose connective tissue
Pericranium
What nerve provides sensory support to the dura matter
CNV
What structures created by the dura matter help to separate lobes of the brain?
- Falx cerebri
- Tentori Cerebellum
What is an extradural heammorhage?
Due to a ruptured middle meningeal artery
- Between bone & dura
What artery is deep to the pterion
Middle meningeal artery
What artery supplies the lateral part of the brain?
Middle cerebral artery
What artery supplies the posterior part of the brain?
Posterior cerebral artery
What artery supplies the medial part of the brain?
Anterior cerebral artery
What cranial nerve is the facial nerve?
CNVII
What cranial nerve is the glossopharyngeal nerve?
CNIX
What is the classic sign of a damaged vagus nerve?
The uvula points away from the damaged side
What muscles are supplied by the spinal accessory nerve?
Trapezius
Sternocleidomastoid
What is the classic sign of a damaged hypoglossal nerve?
Tongue points towards side of pathology
Where does the spinal cord start and finish?
Starts at foramen magnum
Ends at conus medullaris (L2)
What vertebral level is the conus medullaris?
L1/L2
What space would you inject epidural anesthetic?
Epidural space
What space do you inject spinal anesthetic?
Subarachnoid space
What dermatome is the nipple?
T4
What dermatome is the umbilicus?
T10
Where is lamina located on the vertebra?
At the back next to the spinous process
