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1
Q

Increased ICP can result in ______

A

Herniations

2
Q

What are the 5 layers of the scalp? (hint SCALP)

A
  • Skin
  • Connective tissue
  • Aponeurosis
  • Loose connective tissue
  • Pericranium
3
Q

Which layer of the scalp contains the named arteries of the scalp?

A

Layer 2 - the loose connective tissue

4
Q

How can you tell if you’re looking at the internal carotid artery?

A

It has no branches in the neck

5
Q

Blood supply to the scalp?

A
  • Scalp branches of the external carotid artery
  • Opthalmic artery
  • Internal carotid artery
6
Q

The ophthalmic artery is a branch of which artery?

A

The external carotid

7
Q

Thinnest part of the skull?

A

Pterion

8
Q

What helps to prevent skull fractures from spreading?

A

Sutures (fibrous joints)

9
Q

The Pterion is the joint between the PTSF

A
  • parietal
  • temporal
  • sphenoid
  • frontal
10
Q

Pterion is the joint between which bones of the skull?

A

PTSF

11
Q

Which bone of the skull has a styloid process?

A

Temporal bone

12
Q

Which VERY important artery crosses the DEEP aspect of the thinnest bone of the skull?

A

The middle meningeal artery crosses the deep aspect of the pterion

13
Q

Where is the sphenoid sinus?

A

In the body of the sphenoid bone

14
Q

What makes the groove across the deep portion of the pterion?

A

The middle meningeal artery

15
Q

What makes the groove between the deep surfaces of the temporal and occipital bones?

A

The sigmoid sinus

16
Q

A tough sheet of dura mater “tenting” over the cerebellum

A

Tentorium cerebelli