Head and Neck IV study guide

What is the pterion? What 4 bones comprise it? What blood vessel supplies it? What is epidural hemorrhage? What muscle covers it?

Compare and contrast the trigeminal ganglion with a dorsal root ganglion.

What is the stapedius reflex?

What does V3 supply?

What does the VII supply?

What is a vestibular schwannoma? Why would it have a stronger effect on the hearing than on balance?

What are the functions of CN IX - XII?

What are the dural folds in the skull?

Where is the epidural space? Subdural space? Where are the bridging veins?

What are the two main types of intracranial bleeds? What is an epidural bleed? Subdural? Subarachnoid? Intracerebral? Which one is a "stroke"? Which is lens-shaped? Which is crescent-shaped?