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MerrillsCh. 20 Skull
Pathology
Question | Answer |
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Disruption in the continuity of bone. | Fracture |
Fracture located at the base of the skull. | Basal |
Fracture of the floor of the orbit. | Blowout |
Fracture to one side of a structure caused by trauma to the other side. | Contre-Coup |
Fracture causing a portion of the skull to be depressed into the cranial cavity. | Depressed |
Bilateral horizontal fractures of the maxillae. | Le Fort |
Irregular or jagged fracture of the skull. | Linear |
Fracture of the zygomatic arch and orbital floor or rim and dislocation of the frontozygomatic suture. | Tripod |
Inflammation of the mastoid antrum and air cells. | Mastoiditis |
Inflammation of bone due to a pyogenic inflection. | Osteomyelitis |
Increased density of atypically soft bone. | Osteopetrosis |
Loss of bone density | Osteoporosis |
Thick soft bone marked by bowing and fractures. | Paget's disease |
Growth or mass protruding from a mucous membrane. | Polyp |
Inflammation of one or more of the paranasal sinuses. | Sinusitis |
Dysfunction of the temporomandibular joint. | TMJ Syndrome |
Benign tumor arising from Schwann cells of the eighth cranial nerve | Acoustic Neuroma |
Malignant neoplasm of plasma cells involving the bone marrow and causing destruction of the bone. | Multiple Myeloma |
Tumor composed of bony tissue. | Osteoma |
Tumor arising from the pituitary gland, usually in the anterior lobe. | Pituitary Adenoma |