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Cavities inside the skull - ANSWER: Anterior/middle/posterior fossa Cranial bones - ANSWER: Frontal, occipital, sphenoid, ethmoid (unpaired). Parietal & temporal (paired). Mental protuberance - ANSWER: chin bone MCA supply of the cerebral cortex - ANSWER: Hand + face/mouth/auditory ...

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Cavities inside the skull - ANSWER: ✔✔Anterior/middle/posterior fossa



Cranial bones - ANSWER: ✔✔Frontal, occipital, sphenoid, ethmoid (unpaired). Parietal & temporal
(paired).



Mental protuberance - ANSWER: ✔✔chin bone



MCA supply of the cerebral cortex - ANSWER: ✔✔Hand + face/mouth/auditory



Cranial nerves - ANSWER: ✔✔-12 pairs (Mixed fibers: sensory/motor/both).

-Emerge @ irregular intervals from the brain.

-Nuclei displacement:

Motor = medial Sensory = lateral



Meckle's Cave - ANSWER: ✔✔Depression in the medial middle fossa where CN V ganglion sits



Low frequency sounds - ANSWER: ✔✔@ apex of cochlea



Area of spine w/ small pedicles, long spinous process, large inter-vertebral foramen - ANSWER:
✔✔Thoracic



Neuroforamen - ANSWER: ✔✔Opening w/in the spinal canal for nerve roots to enter the SC



Firm outer layer of the disc - ANSWER: ✔✔Annulus fibrosis

,Syrinx - ANSWER: ✔✔Fluid-filled cavity @ center of the SC



Spinal cord ends @ the level btwn: - ANSWER: ✔✔L1-L2 vertebrae (Conus Medullaris)



Blood supply to the SC consists of: - ANSWER: ✔✔1 ASA for both MEP tracts



Hydrostatic pressure - ANSWER: ✔✔Depends on body position



Structural functional anatomy may be altered by: - ANSWER: ✔✔Previous lesions, current, plasticity,
pressure



Glia cell - ANSWER: ✔✔Comes from the Greek word "glue"



Large diameter nerve fiber (vs. small diameter) - ANSWER: ✔✔-Recruited 1st w/ INC'd stim intensity

-Higher conduction velocity

-More vulnerable to hypoxia & pressure Δ's



Synaptic transmission, and/or Δ's in thalamocortical projections, produce - ANSWER: ✔✔Cortical
potentials



Peripheral nerve sensitivity - ANSWER: ✔✔Least sensitive to injury (more sensitive = SC grey/white
mater, cortical grey matter)



Cavernous angiomas - ANSWER: ✔✔Multi-lobulated lesions containing hemorrhage



Geriatric population: prevalence of temporal bone hyperostosis - ANSWER: ✔✔10-15%



Presbycusis - ANSWER: ✔✔High freq hearing loss; gradually occurs in older individuals



Most commonly injured CN - ANSWER: ✔✔Facial nerve (VII)

, Burst fracture - ANSWER: ✔✔-Break in the vertebra

-Failure of anterior & middle vertebral columns

-Caused by violent compressive event (fall, MVA)



Excessive neck flexion in sitting position - ANSWER: ✔✔Quadraparesis (due to ischemia in upper T-
spine)



Lhermittes Sign - ANSWER: ✔✔Shocking sensation that occurs throughout the body during neck flexion



Central Cord Syndrome (CCS) - ANSWER: ✔✔-Sacral sparing

-Loss of sensory/motor fx @ level of injury

-Disruption of grey matter



(+) Babinski Sign could indicate - ANSWER: ✔✔-severe [UMN] SC trauma

-abnml PTN SSEPs



Hoffman's Reflex (1918) - ANSWER: ✔✔Palmar flexion of the thumb when the distal phalanx of the
middle finger (of the same hand) is rapidly stroked



A nml curve of the lumbar spine taking place @ 1-2 y/o - ANSWER: ✔✔Kyphosis



Scoliosis progression in peds - ANSWER: ✔✔More likely in girls > boys



Apraxia - ANSWER: ✔✔Difficulty w/ skilled mvmnts



Neurapraxia - ANSWER: ✔✔PNS disorder: blockage of sensory + motor nerve conduction (w/o axonal
damage)

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