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Psych week 1
Anatomy- skull
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Graduate
08/21/2018

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Term
What is the piriform aperture?
Definition
Opening in the skull for the nasal cavity
Term
What bones are separated by the coronal suture?
Definition
Frontal and parietal
Term
What bones are separated by the lambdoid suture?
Definition
Occipital and parietal
Term
What bones are separated by the squamosal suture?
Definition
Parietal and temporal
Term
What vessel leaves the skull through the cribriform plate?
Definition
Olfactory nerve (CNI)
Term
What vessels leave the skull through the optic canal?
Definition
Optic nerve (CNII) and ophthalmic artery
Term
What vessels leave the skull through the superior orbital fissure?
Definition
Oculomotor (CNIII); Trochlear (CNIV); Abducens (CNVI); Ophthalmic branch of Trigeminal (V1); superior orbital vein
Term
What vessel leaves the skull through the foramen rotundum?
Definition
Maxillary branch of Trigeminal (V2)
Term
What vessel leaves the skull through the foramen ovale?
Definition
Mandibular division of Trigeminal (V3)
Term
What vessels leave the skull through the internal acoustic meatus?
Definition
Facial (CNVII) and Vestibulocochlear (VIII)
Term
What vessels leave the skull through the jugular foramen?
Definition
Glossopharyngeal (IX); Vagus (X); Accessory (XI); internal jugular vein
Term
What vessel leaves the skull through the hypoglossal canal?
Definition
Hypoglossal (XII)
Term
Skull openings by fossa?
Definition
Anterior- cribriform plate; middle- superior orbital fissure, foramen rotundum, foramen ovale, foramen spinosum, foramen lacerum; posterior- internal acoustic meatus, jugular foramen, hypoglossal canal
Term
What vessel passes through the foramen spinosum?
Definition
Middle meningeal artery
Term
What vessel passes through the foramen lacerum?
Definition
Internal carotid artery entering cavernous sinus
Term
On what bone does the masseter muscle originate?
Definition
Zygomatic arch
Term
What bones are separated by the sagittal suture?
Definition
The parietal bones
Term
What structure separates the middle and posterior fossae?
Definition
Petrous ridge
Term
What vessel exits through the stylomastoid foramen (viewed from below)?
Definition
Facial nerve
Term
what dural fold divides the right and left hemispheres?
Definition
Falx cerebri
Term
What dural fold separates the occipital lobes from the cerebellum?
Definition
Tentorium cerebelli
Term
Flow of venous blood through brain?
Definition
Superior sagittal sinus -> transverse -> sigmoid -> cavernous -> jugular vein
Inferior sagittal sinus -> straight -> transverse -> sigmoid -> cavernous -> jugular
Term
What nerves pass through the cavernous sinus?
Definition
Oculomotor (III), Trochlear (IV), Abducens (VI), Trigeminal- ophthalmic & maxillary branches (V1, V2)
Term
Which is more posterior, optic nerve or internal carotid?
Definition
Internal carotid
Term
What's another name for the trigeminal ganglion?
Definition
Semilunar
Term
Is the lacrimal gland medial or lateral?
Definition
Lateral
Term
Superior oblique muscle is innervated by which nerve?
Definition
Trochlear (IV)
Term
Lateral rectus muscle is innervated by which nerve?
Definition
Abducens (VI)
Term
True or false: sphenoid sinus lies anterior to ethnoid air cells
Definition
False
Term
Vertebral arteries are branches of what major vessel?
Definition
Subclavian
Term
Vertebral arteries merge into what vessel?
Definition
Basilar
Term
Vertebral arteries ultimately supply what portion of the brain?
Definition
Posterior
Term
Internal carotid ultimately supplies what part(s) of the brain?
Definition
Anterior and middle
Term
True or false: external carotid lies anterior to internal carotid after bifurcation
Definition
True
Term
Which is medial: anterior or middle cerebral artery?
Definition
Anterior
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