Layers of the scalp
Skin
Connective tissue
Aponeurosis
Loose areolar tissue
Periosteum/Pericranium
deepest layer of scalp and top most layer of the skull
Periosteum/Pericranium
Dangerous layer of the scalp
Loose areolar tissue
How many axial bones does the human body have?
80 bones
How many appendicular bones does the human body have?
126 bones
This layer contains nutrition of the scalp.
Periosteum/Pericranium
Ear ossicles
Hammer/Malleus
Anvil/Inous
Stirrups/Stapes
Cranial bones
Parietal (2)
Temporal (2)
Frontal
Occupital
Ethnoid
Sphenoid
2nd most difficult to visualize bone in the skull.
Ethnoid
Most difficult to visualize bone in the skull.
Sphenoid
Facial bones
Nasal (2)
Inf. nasal conchae (2)
Lacrimal (2)
Palatine (2)
Zygomatic (2)
Vomer
Maxilla (2)
Mandible
How many cranial bones does the human body have?
8
How many facial bones does the human body have?
14
Suture that connects the frontal to the parietal bones
Coronal/Frontal suture
Suture that connects 2 parietal bones
Sagittal
Suture that connects parietal to the occipital
Lambdoidal suture
A prominent fontanelle may be suggestive of what condition?
Hydrocephalus
What is the shape of the anterior fontanelle and when does it close?
Diamond - 18-24 mos
What is the shape of the posterior fontanelle and what is its shape?
Triangular - 9-12 mos
Depression at the root of the nose.
Nasion
Groove in between the nose and the upper lip.
Philtrum
Creases between the nose and the lips.
Nasolabial folds
Thinnest portion of the lateral skull.
Pterion
Injury to the pterion damages what structure?
Meningeal artery