NSG 6020 Midterm ACTUAL UPDATED
Questions and CORRECT Answers
The Head - CORRECT ANSWER 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 ANSWER walls of the skull): frontal, parietal, occipital, &
temporal
Adjacent cranial bones unite at meshed immovable joints named "sutures"
Coronal suture - CORRECT ANSWER crown" from ear to ear at the union of frontal &
parietal bones
Sagittal suture - CORRECT ANSWER separates the head lengthwise between the 2
parietal bones
Lambdoid suture - CORRECT ANSWER separates parietal bones crosswise from the
occipital bone
confluence points of the cranial sutures - CORRECT ANSWER form the anterior,
posterior, anterolateral (sphenoid), and posterolateral (mastoid) fontanelles
, The fontanelles - CORRECT ANSWER close sequentially and the sutures function as
growth centers.
metopic suture - CORRECT ANSWER fuses by 8 months of age in nearly all children.
The remaining sutures fuse late in life.
Virchow's law - CORRECT ANSWER 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 ANSWER Migraine
Tension
Cluster
Headache(secondary) - CORRECT ANSWER Analgesic rebound
From eye disorders
From sinusitis
Meningitis
Intracranial process: increased ICP, tumor, GCA, subarachnoid hemorrhage
Post concussion
Cranial neuralgias
Headache warning signs - CORRECT ANSWER 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
Aggravated or relieved by change in position
Precipitated by Valsalva maneuver
Questions and CORRECT Answers
The Head - CORRECT ANSWER 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 ANSWER walls of the skull): frontal, parietal, occipital, &
temporal
Adjacent cranial bones unite at meshed immovable joints named "sutures"
Coronal suture - CORRECT ANSWER crown" from ear to ear at the union of frontal &
parietal bones
Sagittal suture - CORRECT ANSWER separates the head lengthwise between the 2
parietal bones
Lambdoid suture - CORRECT ANSWER separates parietal bones crosswise from the
occipital bone
confluence points of the cranial sutures - CORRECT ANSWER form the anterior,
posterior, anterolateral (sphenoid), and posterolateral (mastoid) fontanelles
, The fontanelles - CORRECT ANSWER close sequentially and the sutures function as
growth centers.
metopic suture - CORRECT ANSWER fuses by 8 months of age in nearly all children.
The remaining sutures fuse late in life.
Virchow's law - CORRECT ANSWER 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 ANSWER Migraine
Tension
Cluster
Headache(secondary) - CORRECT ANSWER Analgesic rebound
From eye disorders
From sinusitis
Meningitis
Intracranial process: increased ICP, tumor, GCA, subarachnoid hemorrhage
Post concussion
Cranial neuralgias
Headache warning signs - CORRECT ANSWER 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
Aggravated or relieved by change in position
Precipitated by Valsalva maneuver
