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How many cranial bones are there?

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8

  • frontal
  • parietals (2)
  • occipital
  • temporals (2)
  • sphenoid
  • ethmoid
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What bones make up the calivarium?

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  • frontal
  • parietals (2)
  • occipital
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What bones make up the floor?

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  • sphenoid
  • ethmoid
  • temporals (2)
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How many facial bones are there?

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14

  • maxilla (2)
  • zygoma (2)
  • lacrimal (2)
  • nasal (2)
  • inferior nasal conchae (2)
  • palantine (2)
  • vomer
  • mandible
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Sutures?

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  • Sagittal : side to side
  • Coronal: front to back
  • Lambdoidal: parietals to occipital
  • Squamosal: parietals to temporals
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Portions of the frontal bone?

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  • squamous/vertical (forehead)

- orbital/horizontal (superior orbit)

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What passes through the supraorbital notch?

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-orbital nerve/artery

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What forms the superior part of the orbit?

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-orbital plate, separated buy the ethmoid notch

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What does the frontal bone articulate with?

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  • R/L parietals
  • sphenoid
  • ethmoid
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What parts of the skull so the parietals form?

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The lateral portion and part of the roof

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What is the widest part of the skull?

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Parietal tubercles

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What do the parietals articulate with?

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  • frontal
  • occipital
  • temporals
  • sphenoid
  • opposite parietal
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What does the occipital bone articulate with?

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  • 2 parietals
  • 2 temporals
  • sphenoid
  • atlas (C1)
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What do the temporal bones house?

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-organs of hearing and balance

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What forms the zygomatic arch?

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  • Zygomatic process of the temporal bone

- Temporal process of the zygoma

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Where is the temporomandibular fossa located?

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Anterior to the EAM and inferior to the zygomatic process

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3 parts of the temporal bones?

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  1. Squamous portion: thin, most vulnerable
  2. Mastoid portion: posterior to EAM, contains air cells
  3. Petrous portion: petrous ridges (pyramids), housing for hearing/balance
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What transmits nerves of hearing and equilibrium?

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Internal acoustic meatus

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What is an anchor for all 8 cranial bones?

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Sphenoid

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Where is the sphenoid sinus located in the sphenoid?

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Body

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Another name for sella turcica?

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Turkish saddle

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What sits in the sella turcica?

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Pituitary gland

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What is the clivus for?

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Base of support for the pons and basilar artery

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Where are the anterior and posterior clinoid processes located?

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Anterior: lesser wings of the sphenoid
Posterior: dorsum sellae

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What do the greater wings of the sphenoid help form?
Portion of the floor of the cranium and walls
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3 foramina in the sphenoid?
- foramen rotundum - foramen ovale - foramen spinosum
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What help form part of the lateral walls of the nasal cavities?
Pterygoid processes of the sphenoid
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Upper horizontal part of ethmoid bone?
Cribriform plate
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Crista gali is also known as?
“Roosters comb”
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What helps for the nasal septum?
Perpendicular plate of the ethmoid
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Where are the ethmoid sinuses located in the ethmoid bone?
In the lateral masses (labyrinths)
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Lateral labyrithns
- help form lateral walls of nasal cavity and medial walls of the orbits - superior and middle nasal conchae/turbinates
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What are soft spots in infants at the sutures of the skull called?
Fontanels
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“Sutural” or “wormian” bones most commonly form in what suture in adults?
Lambdoidal
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The maxillary bones assist in formation of ?
- mouth - nasal cavity - one orbit
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Point where the nose and upper lip meet?
Acanthion
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What forms the hard palate? What does the hard palate form?
- palantine process of the maxillae | - anterior roof of mouth
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What is cleft palate?
Incomplete closing of the palantine processes of the maxillae
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What form the posterior hard palate?
Palantine bones
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Another name for zygomatic bones?
Malar bones
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What are the thinnest, most fragile bones in the body?
Lacrimal | Nasal
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What is the nasion?
Nasal bone articulation with the frontal bone
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Where do the inferior nasal conchae project from? What do they do?
- project laterally from the walls of the nasal cavity and extend medially - divide the nasal cavity into different compartments - incoming are is warmed and cleaned as it comes in contact with the mucous membrane
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When do the 2 mandibular bones join?
1yr old
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Area anterior and posterior to gonion on the mandible?-
Anterior: angle (body) Posterior: ramus
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Parts of the end of the ramus of the mandible??
- Coronoid process: anterior to mandibular notch | - Condyloid process: posterior to mandibular notch
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TMJ joint classification?
- synovial - diarthrodial - bicondylar AND plane/gliding
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Alveoli and roots of teeth joint classification?
- fibrous - synarthrodial - gomphosis
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What are the paranasal sinuses?
-large air filled cavities lines with mucous membranes continuous with the nasal cavity
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Bones and their number of sinuses?
- maxilla: 2 - frontal: 2 - ethmoid: many - sphenoid: 1 or 2
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Whats different about the structure of the frontal sinuses?
-the frontal sinuses are part of the facial bone structure and the other sinuses are contained in their respective cranial bones
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Which sinuses are present at birth?
Maxillary
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When are the frontal and sphenoid sinuses visible?Q
Age 6
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Which sinuses develop last?
Ethmoid
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Another name for the maxillary sinuses?
Antrum
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How/from where can infection spread to the maxillary sinuses?
From the teeth through the roots
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What is the opening to the nasal cavity in the maxillary sinus?
Middle nasal meatus passageway
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Where are the frontal sinuses located?
Between the inner and outer tables of the skull, posterior to the glabella
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Frontal sinuses are generally larger in men or women?
Men
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What are the groups of ethmoid sinuses?
Anterior, middle,m and posterior collections, but they all communicate
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In what sinus do skull pathologies usually present themselves? What will you see?
Sphenoid sinuses because they lie close to the floor of the cranium “Sphenoid effusion”
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What is the osteomeatal complex?
- communication/drainage between the sinuses - can be obstructed leading to infection - “sinusitis”
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2 key passageways of the osteomeatal complex?
- infundibulum | - middle nasal meatus
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*maxillary sinus drains through the infundibulum through the middle nasal meatus into the inferior nasal meatus*
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*ethmoid bulla received drainage from the frontal and ethmoid sinus cells*
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*frontal and ethmoids drain through the MNM to the INM and exit the body through the external nasal orifice*
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How does the orbit project?
Upwards and to the midline
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To radiograph the optic foramen, extend the pts chin to ____ dgrees and rotate the head ______ degrees?
Extend: 30 degrees Rotate: 37 degrees
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What 7 bones compose the orbits?
- frontal - maxilla - zygoma - lacrimal - sphenoid - ethmoid - palantine
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Opening in posterior orbit from superior to inferior
1. Optic foramen 2. Superior orbital fissure 3. Inferior orbital fissure -sphenoid strut between the optic foramen and superior orbital fissure
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Types of skull fractures?
- Linear: may appear as jagged or irregular lucent lines that lie 90 degrees to the axis of bones - Depressed: “ping pong” fragments of bone that is separated and depressed into the cranial cavity - Basal: fracture through dense, inner temporal bone-if bleeding, air fluid levels in sphenoid sinus on the lateral view
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Types of neoplasms?
- Metastases - Multiple myeloma - Pituitary edenoma
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Type of metastases?
- Osteolytic: destructive, irregular - Osteoblastic: proliferative, increased density - Combo: “moth-eaten” appearance
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What is multiple myeloma?
1 or more bone tumours that originate in the bone marrow
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Pituitary adenoma?
- tumour of pituitary gland - enlargement of sella turcica, erosion of dorsum sellae - increase technique because of decreased field size
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Pagets disease (osteitis deformans)
- bone destruction/repair - dense, soft bone - increase technique
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Mastoiditis?
- bacterial infection of the mastoid process - fluid filled abscess replaced mastoid air cells - progressive hearing loss
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Acoustic neuroma?
- benign tumour of auditory nerve - hearing loss, dizziness, loss of balance - widened internal auditory canal
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Cholesteatoma?
- benign mass/tumour most common in middle ear of mastoid region secondary to trauma - destroys bone
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Polyp?
-growth that arises from the mucous membrane
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Osteosclerosis?
- excessive spongey bone formation in the middle and inner ear - most common cause of adult hearing loss
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Blowout fracture?
Fracture of the floor of the orbit | Inferior rectus muscle forced into maxillary sinus causing entrapment and diplopia (double vision)
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Tripod fracture?
- fracture of the zygoma in 3 places - orbital process - maxillary process - arch
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LeFort fracture?
- bilateral, horizontal fracture of the maxillae | - can result in unstable detachment fragment
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Contrecoup fracture?
-fracture on one side, impact on the other
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Osteomyelitis?
- infection of bone or bone marrow - caused by bacteria from trauma, post op, fractures - may spread via blood
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Sinusitis?
- acute or chronic infection of the sinus mucosa | - headache, pain, swelling, low grade fever
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Secondary osteomyelitis?
- infection of bone/bone marrow secondary to sinusitis | - erosion of bony margins of the sinuses
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TMJ syndrome?
- pain and clicking that indicate dysfunction of the TMJ | - may be caused by malocclusion, stress, muscle spasm, or inflammation
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Classifications of the skull?
- Mesocephalic (average): petrous ridges to MSP = 47 deg - Brachycephalic (wider): greater than 47 deg - Dolichocephalic (longer): less than 47 deg
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Degree difference between the IOML and OML?
-7-8 degrees
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Another name for the IOML?
Reids baseline
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What is the glabellalveolar line used for?
Tangential nasal bones
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Why is erect preferred for facial bones?
-moving head to line up is easier
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Exposures for paranasal sinuses?
``` Medium kVp (70-80 A, 75-90 D) to provide sufficient contrast of paranasal sinuses Small focal spot for max detail ```
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Exposure for facial bones?
Medium kVp (65-85 A, 75-90 D) Small focal spot Short exposure time
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5 skull positioning errors?
- rotation - tilt - excessive flexion - excessive extension - incorrect CR angle
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In a Caldwell, the CR is perpendicular to what anatomy?
The frontal and ethmoid sinuses, orbital margins, and nasal septum
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What happens if the patient chin is tucked to much on a Townes?
-dorsum sellae will be foreshortened and superimposed over the atlas’ posterior arch
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What happens if the C1 vertebral foramina are seen on a lateral?
-tip of head is tilted away from the IR
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SMV: neck overextended?
The mandibular mentus too far anterior to ethmoid sinuses
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How is the OML compared to the IR in a Water’s?
37 degrees
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Maxillary sinuses superimposed over the posterior molars and alveolar processes during a Waters?
Chin raised too much
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What is perpendicular to the IR when doing a modified waters?
The orbital floors - OML 55 degrees to IR - LML perpendicular to IR - petrous ridges in maxillary sinuses
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