Posted by ML on October 04, 2011 at 14:15:51:
1. Identify the locations, bony and muscular features associated with the following bones of the cranium: the zygomatic bone, frontal, temporal, sphenoid bone, occipital maxilla, parietal and mandible bones
2. Identify the relationship between the maxillary bone and the nasal aperture
3. Identify the location of the supraorbital notch, infraorbital foramen, and the mental foramen and describe the nerves transmitted through these regions
4. Describe the features of the temporal bone (i.e. external acoustic meatus and mastoid process) and the anatomical relationships found at these locations
5. Identify the superior and inferior temporal lines and describe the attatchments associate with these lines
6. Identify and locate the sutures of the cranium and the relationships of the bregma and lambda to these sutures
7. Describe the anatomy and significance of the pterion
8. Identify the location of the parietal emissary veins and where they drain
9. Identify the divisions of the trigeminal nerve and describe its GSA innervation of the head and neck (include the terminal branches of V1, V2, and V3)
10. Identify the location of the facial nerve, its branches and the muscles innervated by these branches
11. Describe the pathway and layers associated with the facial nerve as it exits the stylomastoid foramen and enroute through the parotid gland
12. Describe the relationship of the facial nerve to the potential clinical scenario of bells palsy
13. Identify the layers of the scalp
14. Describe the location of the nerve and vessels within the scalp
15. Describe the relationship of the gala apaneurotica to the frontalis and occipitalis muscles and describe the appearance of the scalp if a cut transected this layer
16. Identify the composition of the periostium
17. Identify the layers of the dura mater and describe the relationship of these layers to the dural venous sinuses
18. Describe the layers that the emissary veins must travel through to reach the superior sagittal sinus (this can indicate a pathway of scalp infection. Include any potential spaces
19. Identify the layer of the middle meningeal artery and its relationship to the layers deep to the periostium
20. Compare and contrast an epidural and a subdural hematoma