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