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Anatomy DNB 2018 06a30553

Injury to the marked area of skull will cause intracranial hemorrhage due to damage to which aery

A
Middle cerebral
B
Middle meningeal
C
Anterior cerebral
D
Deep temporal
High-Yield Explanation
marked structure is pterion. pterion is H shaped suture formed b/w 4 bones Frontal bone - at front Parietal bone - posteriorly Temporal bone - inferiorly Greater wing of sphenoid - anteriorly deep to pterion is anterior division of middle meningeal aery which is the branch of maxillary aery. fracture to pterion results in damage to anterior division of middle meningeal aery & results in epidural hemorrhage which is life threating situation.

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