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When cutting the cranial bone between burr holes, what attachment is used on the powered drill to prevent injury of underlying dural tissues?

The circle of Willis is a ____. 

Bone wax is a hemostatic agent used to control bleeding by ____. 

To gain access to the spinal nerve root and remove a ruptured disc during a laminectomy/micro disc procedure, the surgeon uses a powered, handheld drill/burr (Stryker TPS or RemB) to open a small pilot hole in the bony lamina. The surgeon will typically convert to using a different cutting instrument after to avoid damaging the dura. What instrument is  used to enlarge the small hole and remove additional lamina bone?

Which bone, sinus, and lobe of the brain (all named the same) is involved in the surgical approach using a coronal incision to expose frontal bone and  brain to remove the tumor. 

A distal end of the ventricular shunt can be placed in the ____ or the ____ to help drain CSF fluid from the ventricles. 

Which anatomical part of the vertebra projects posteriorly in the midline, and is palpable through the skin in the convex areas of the spine?

 Before handing the neurosurgeon the brain spatula, you first need to moisten it with ____.   

During a ______, the spinous process is removed along with soft tissue, lamina bone above the interspace, the ligamentum flavum, and the medial margin of the adjacent facet. The procedure is strictly removal of bone since no disc degeneration or disease is present. 

______ is a term used to describe pain that begins at the affected level of the vertebral column and travels down (radiates) down the neural pathway to the corresponding extremity?