Head — Flashcards

Flashcard 121: In which layers (3) of the scalp do contusions of the scalp occur?_____, in the temporalis muscle, in the loose areolar tissue between galea aponeurotica and the pericranium.

Answer: Superficial fascia

Flashcard 122: _____ or Berger's space is at the center of the hyaloideo-capsular/Weigert's ligament.

Answer: Erggelet's

Extra: Berger's space (also known as Erggelet's space) is the retrolental space located between the posterior lens capsule and the anterior hyaloid membrane. It is bounded by the circular hyaloideo-capsular ligament (Weigert's ligament).

Flashcard 123: CN _____ provides motor innervation to the stylopharyngeus muscle

Answer: IX (glossopharyngeal)

Flashcard 124: The optic _____ is formed by the two roots of the lesser wing of the sphenoid.

Answer: foramen

Flashcard 125: _____ movements of the jaw take place in the joint space above the articular disc of the temporomandibular joint.

Answer: Sliding/translational

Flashcard 126: The _____ bone and the frontal process of the maxilla separate the lacrimal sac from the middle meatus of the nasal cavity.

Answer: lacrimal

Flashcard 127: Length of the eustachian tube: _____ mm where:Bony: 12 mm + Cartilagenous: 24 mm

Answer: 36

Flashcard 128: The _____ muscle is innervated by the anterior division of the mandibular (V3) nerve.

Answer: lateral pterygoid

Flashcard 129: Deficiency of the _____ part of the EAC gives rise to the fissures of Santorini

Answer: cartilagenous

Flashcard 130: Cochlear duct is connected to the _____ by ductus reuniens.

Answer: saccule