microcephalic - small skull accompanied by mental disorders,
macrocephalic - magnified,
hydrocephalus - in children - due to an increase in intracranial pressure when the circulation of cerebrospinal fluid is disturbed - enlarged calva with splayed seams
Paget's disease - bone thickening for unknown reasons - mainly in the frontal landscape,
caput quadratum - square skull - prominent frontal and parietal part of the skull - caused by vitamin D deficiency,
turicephalic - turret (tower shaped)- premature fusion of seams
Palpation
pagets skull
Sensitive innervation of the face - outputs of the trigeminal nerve - painful in inflammation:
n. supraorbitalis,
infrastructural nerve,
n. mentalis.
Percussion
Painful in sinusitis - especially in the frontal area
Nose
Inspection
nose size - prominent in acromegaly,
bleeding
unilateral - local mucosal damage,
bilateral - hypertension , uremia ,
secretion - common in rhinitis
ear
Ears
Inspection :
gout tophus - uric acid salts accumulate on the auricle,
