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The University of Warwick’s Surgical Society and MedGuide are teaming up once again for a lecture on the Skull and Brain. Have fun and don’t worry if the questions aren’t too intuitive, the video has all the answers!
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- Discuss the osteology of the skull with particular reference to the neuroanatomy of the human body
- Discuss the sutures and important fontanelles in the human skull
- Discuss the key items of the cranial foramina
- Outline the organisation of the brain into forebrain, midbrain and hindbrain
- Discuss which structures are derived from the embryological triad above
- Outline the clinical correlates of lesions to those structures grossly
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An Introduction with Skull and Brain Anatomy (Basic Science)
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Question 1 |
Cranial Foramina
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What is the embryological origin of a structure terminating at foramina seven?
Telencephalon | |
Diencephalon | |
Mesencephalon | |
Metencephalon | |
Myelencephalon |
Question 2 |
Foramina - Part Two
In the midline of the plate of label 13, what attaches?The olfactory bulb | |
The tentorium cerebelli | |
The falx cerebri | |
The arachnoid mater | |
The Pia mater |
Question 3 |
Foramina - Part Three
How would you test the function of the nerve passing through foramina 8?Shrug shoulders against resistance | |
Touch the oropharynx | |
Ask the patient to cough | |
Stick the tongue out | |
Blink forcefully |
Question 4 |
Foramina - Part Four
The labyrinthine artery emerges from a foramina in the skull base after traversing the petrous temporal bone. Select, from the list below, the cranial nerves that run with this artery for its course.Fifth | |
Sixth | |
Seventh | |
Eighth | |
Ninth |
Question 5 |
Foramina - Part Five
Which of the following statements are true about foramina?VIIth nerve enters the skull with another cranial nerve | |
IXth nerve exits the skull with a vessel draining the cerebrum | |
A nerve coursing with the spinal cord causes the head to laterally rotate | |
Foramen ovale transmits the nerve that supplies the temporalis muscle | |
The foramen lacerum transmits the fourth cranial nerve |
Question 6 |
Brain - Part One
What is the embryonic origin of the region of the brainstem that is the origin of the trigeminal nerve?
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What is the embryonic origin of the region of the brainstem that is the origin of the trigeminal nerve?
Telencephalon | |
Diencephalon | |
Mesencephalon | |
Metencephalon | |
Myelencephalon |
Question 7 |
Brain - Part Two
Which best describes the function of #2?A conduit for information of the same hemisphere | |
The outflow of the vestibulocerebellum | |
A white matter tract connecting two hemispheres | |
The stalk of the pituitary gland | |
Broca's area for expression of language |
Question 8 |
Brain - Part Three
The blood supply of #4 is?ACA | |
MCA | |
PCA | |
PICA | |
SCA |
Question 9 |
Brain - Part Four
What is the name of #3?The prefrontal cortex | |
The cingulate sulcus | |
The cingulate gyrus | |
The corpus callosum | |
The fornix |
Question 10 |
Brain - Part Five
Which of the options below are secreted by #6?ADH | |
Oxytocin | |
TSH | |
FSH | |
LH |
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