NSG6020 Midterm Exam Complete Study Guide, Practice
Questions & Advanced Health Assessment Exam Prep 2026–2027
The Head - correct answers -Skull is a rigid bony box which house & protects the brain & special sense
organs
14 facial bones
Cranium is supported by cervical vertebrae
C1 is the atlas
C2 is the axis
C7 vertebra: vertebre prominents
Human face appearances & expressions ("the mood tellers") are formed by facial muscles which are
mediated by CN VII (facial nerve)
Facial sensations of pain or touch are mediated by the 3 sensory branches of CN V (trigeminal nerve)
Cranial bones - correct answers -walls of the skull): frontal, parietal, occipital, & temporal
Adjacent cranial bones unite at meshed immovable joints named "sutures"
Coronal suture - correct answers -crown" from ear to ear at the union of frontal & parietal bones
Sagittal suture - correct answers -separates the head lengthwise between the 2 parietal bones
Lambdoid suture - correct answers -separates parietal bones crosswise from the occipital bone
confluence points of the cranial sutures - correct answers -form the anterior, posterior, anterolateral
(sphenoid), and posterolateral (mastoid) fontanelles
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, The fontanelles - correct answers -close sequentially and the sutures function as growth centers.
metopic suture - correct answers -fuses by 8 months of age in nearly all children. The remaining sutures
fuse late in life.
Virchow's law - correct answers -states that premature suture fusion results in compensatory skull
growth parallel to the fused suture and a decreased growth perpendicular to the suture.
Headaches(Primary) - correct answers -Migraine
Tension
Cluster
Headache(secondary) - correct answers -Analgesic rebound
From eye disorders
From sinusitis
Meningitis
Intracranial process: increased ICP, tumor, GCA, subarachnoid hemorrhage
Post concussion
Cranial neuralgias
Headache warning signs - correct answers -Progressively frequent or severe over a 3-month period
Sudden onset like a "thunderclap" or "the worst headache of my life"
New onset after age 50 y/o
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Questions & Advanced Health Assessment Exam Prep 2026–2027
The Head - correct answers -Skull is a rigid bony box which house & protects the brain & special sense
organs
14 facial bones
Cranium is supported by cervical vertebrae
C1 is the atlas
C2 is the axis
C7 vertebra: vertebre prominents
Human face appearances & expressions ("the mood tellers") are formed by facial muscles which are
mediated by CN VII (facial nerve)
Facial sensations of pain or touch are mediated by the 3 sensory branches of CN V (trigeminal nerve)
Cranial bones - correct answers -walls of the skull): frontal, parietal, occipital, & temporal
Adjacent cranial bones unite at meshed immovable joints named "sutures"
Coronal suture - correct answers -crown" from ear to ear at the union of frontal & parietal bones
Sagittal suture - correct answers -separates the head lengthwise between the 2 parietal bones
Lambdoid suture - correct answers -separates parietal bones crosswise from the occipital bone
confluence points of the cranial sutures - correct answers -form the anterior, posterior, anterolateral
(sphenoid), and posterolateral (mastoid) fontanelles
1
, The fontanelles - correct answers -close sequentially and the sutures function as growth centers.
metopic suture - correct answers -fuses by 8 months of age in nearly all children. The remaining sutures
fuse late in life.
Virchow's law - correct answers -states that premature suture fusion results in compensatory skull
growth parallel to the fused suture and a decreased growth perpendicular to the suture.
Headaches(Primary) - correct answers -Migraine
Tension
Cluster
Headache(secondary) - correct answers -Analgesic rebound
From eye disorders
From sinusitis
Meningitis
Intracranial process: increased ICP, tumor, GCA, subarachnoid hemorrhage
Post concussion
Cranial neuralgias
Headache warning signs - correct answers -Progressively frequent or severe over a 3-month period
Sudden onset like a "thunderclap" or "the worst headache of my life"
New onset after age 50 y/o
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