CAISS EXAM WITH ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2023/2024 GRADED A+
Dura ----Answers---Outmost, toughest and most fibrous of
the three membranes covering the brain and spinal cord.
Edema ----Answers---Presence of abnormally large amounts
of fluid in the body tissue.
Epiphysis ----Answers---The terminal ends of long bones.
Esophagus ----Answers---The upper part of the alimentary
tract extending from the pharynx to the stomach.
Falx ----Answers---A general anatomical term for sickle-
shaped organ or structure.
Falx Cerebelli ----Answers---The small fold of dura mater in
the midline of the posterior cranial fossa, projecting forward
toward the vermis of the cerebellum
Falx Cerebri ----Answers---The sickle-shaped fold of dura
mater that extends downward in the longitudinal cerebral
fissues and separates the two cerebral hemispheres.
,Flank ----Answers---The fleshy part of the side between the
ribs and the hip.
Fossa ----Answers---A trench or channel; a general term for
a hollow or depressed area.
Cerebellar Fossa ----Answers---Either a pair of depressions
in the occipital bone posterior to the foramen mangnum,
separated form one another by the internal occipital crest, that
lodge the hemispheres of the cerebellum.
Cerebral Fossa ----Answers---Either of a pair of depressions
in the occipital bone, posterior to the cerebellar fossae, that
house the occipital lobes of the cerebrum.
Anterior Cranial Fossa ----Answers---The anterior
subdivision of the floor of the cranial cavity, housing the
frontal lobes of the brain, and composed of portions of three
bones; the ethmoid, frontal and sphenoid.
Middle Cranial Fossa ----Answers---The middle subdivision
of the floor of the cranial cavity, supporting the temporal lobes
of the brain and the pituitary gland; it is composed of the body
and greater wings of the sphenioid bone and the squamous
and petrous portions of the temporal bone.
Posterior Cranial Fossa ----Answers---The posterior
subdivision of the floor of the cranial cavity housing the
cerebellum, pons and medulla oblongata; it is formed by
,portions of the sphenoid, temporal, parietal and occipital
bones.
Friction Burns ----Answers---Burns caused by rubbing.
Epidural Hematoma ----Answers---Accumulation of blood in
the epidural space due to damage to and leakage of blood from
the middle meningeal artery.
Subdural Hematoma ----Answers---Accumulation of blood in
the subdudral space.
Intracerebral Hematoma ----Answers---Well-Defined
homogeneous collection of blood deep within the brain
parenchyma.
Hemomediastinum ----Answers---A collection of blood
around the structures between the two pleural sacs that line
the thoracic cavity and encase the lungs.
Hemotympanum ----Answers---A hemmorhagic exudation of
the middle ear.
Herniation ----Answers---The abnormal protrusion of an
organ or other body structure through a defect or natural
opening in a covering, membrane, muscle or bone.
, Cerebral Herniation ----Answers---Protrusion of the brain
substance through the skull through either the foramen
magnum or the tentorial notch.
Tentorial Herniation ----Answers---Downward displacement
of the most medially-placed cerebral structures through the
tentorial notch, caused by a supratentorial mass. Pressures is
exerted on underlying structures including the brain stem.
Transentorial Herniation ----Answers---Tentorial Herniation
Uncle Herniation ----Answers---Tentorial Herniation
Hilum ----Answers---A general term for a depression or pit
at the part of an organ where the vessels and nerves enter.
Hygroma ----Answers---Accumulation of extravasated
serous fluid in the extradural space; occasionally seen as
chronic sequelae of cerebral contusions, particularly with
frontal lobe contusions.
Hypalgesia ----Answers---Decreased sensitivity to pain
Hypesthesia ----Answers---Abnormally decreased sensitivity,
particularly to touch.
2023/2024 GRADED A+
Dura ----Answers---Outmost, toughest and most fibrous of
the three membranes covering the brain and spinal cord.
Edema ----Answers---Presence of abnormally large amounts
of fluid in the body tissue.
Epiphysis ----Answers---The terminal ends of long bones.
Esophagus ----Answers---The upper part of the alimentary
tract extending from the pharynx to the stomach.
Falx ----Answers---A general anatomical term for sickle-
shaped organ or structure.
Falx Cerebelli ----Answers---The small fold of dura mater in
the midline of the posterior cranial fossa, projecting forward
toward the vermis of the cerebellum
Falx Cerebri ----Answers---The sickle-shaped fold of dura
mater that extends downward in the longitudinal cerebral
fissues and separates the two cerebral hemispheres.
,Flank ----Answers---The fleshy part of the side between the
ribs and the hip.
Fossa ----Answers---A trench or channel; a general term for
a hollow or depressed area.
Cerebellar Fossa ----Answers---Either a pair of depressions
in the occipital bone posterior to the foramen mangnum,
separated form one another by the internal occipital crest, that
lodge the hemispheres of the cerebellum.
Cerebral Fossa ----Answers---Either of a pair of depressions
in the occipital bone, posterior to the cerebellar fossae, that
house the occipital lobes of the cerebrum.
Anterior Cranial Fossa ----Answers---The anterior
subdivision of the floor of the cranial cavity, housing the
frontal lobes of the brain, and composed of portions of three
bones; the ethmoid, frontal and sphenoid.
Middle Cranial Fossa ----Answers---The middle subdivision
of the floor of the cranial cavity, supporting the temporal lobes
of the brain and the pituitary gland; it is composed of the body
and greater wings of the sphenioid bone and the squamous
and petrous portions of the temporal bone.
Posterior Cranial Fossa ----Answers---The posterior
subdivision of the floor of the cranial cavity housing the
cerebellum, pons and medulla oblongata; it is formed by
,portions of the sphenoid, temporal, parietal and occipital
bones.
Friction Burns ----Answers---Burns caused by rubbing.
Epidural Hematoma ----Answers---Accumulation of blood in
the epidural space due to damage to and leakage of blood from
the middle meningeal artery.
Subdural Hematoma ----Answers---Accumulation of blood in
the subdudral space.
Intracerebral Hematoma ----Answers---Well-Defined
homogeneous collection of blood deep within the brain
parenchyma.
Hemomediastinum ----Answers---A collection of blood
around the structures between the two pleural sacs that line
the thoracic cavity and encase the lungs.
Hemotympanum ----Answers---A hemmorhagic exudation of
the middle ear.
Herniation ----Answers---The abnormal protrusion of an
organ or other body structure through a defect or natural
opening in a covering, membrane, muscle or bone.
, Cerebral Herniation ----Answers---Protrusion of the brain
substance through the skull through either the foramen
magnum or the tentorial notch.
Tentorial Herniation ----Answers---Downward displacement
of the most medially-placed cerebral structures through the
tentorial notch, caused by a supratentorial mass. Pressures is
exerted on underlying structures including the brain stem.
Transentorial Herniation ----Answers---Tentorial Herniation
Uncle Herniation ----Answers---Tentorial Herniation
Hilum ----Answers---A general term for a depression or pit
at the part of an organ where the vessels and nerves enter.
Hygroma ----Answers---Accumulation of extravasated
serous fluid in the extradural space; occasionally seen as
chronic sequelae of cerebral contusions, particularly with
frontal lobe contusions.
Hypalgesia ----Answers---Decreased sensitivity to pain
Hypesthesia ----Answers---Abnormally decreased sensitivity,
particularly to touch.
