Anatomical Aspects of Infections — Flashcards

Foramen of _____ acts as a pathway for the spread of parotid or superficial mastoid infections to the canal or vice versa.

The tissue most resistant to knife penetration is the _____ (apart from bone or calcified cartilage).

_____ (distortion of the hand) is most apparent when making a fist, and is due to a proximal median nerve lesion.

If a patient is _____ during aspiration, an abscess may form in the superior segment of the right lower lobe of the lung

Foramen of _____ acts as a pathway for the spread of infections and tumors of the canal to the deep lobe of parotid.

_____ abscess, can occur as a complication of mastoiditis, which forms due to infection of the air cells, at the posterior root of the zygoma

Which muscle layers are pierced during the insertion of an intercostal drain? _____ and the intercostal muscles.

_____ represents the classical location of femoral hernia

_____ femoral hernia is lateral to the femoral artery

Hint: A

_____ system of tooth charting: Number is assigned to each quadrant and that number is placed before tooth's number.