14.1

Question 1

Rostral

Answer 1

Towards forehead

Question 2

Caudal

Answer 2

Towards spinal cord

Question 3

Corpus callosum

Answer 3

Thick nerve bundle at bottom of longitudinal fissure that connects hemispheres

Question 4

Gray matter

Answer 4

Cell bodies, dentrites, synapses
Very little myelin Site

Question 5

White matter

Answer 5

Axons
Lots of myelin
Superficial to gray matter in brain

Question 6

Meninges

Answer 6

Three membranes surrounding brain and spinal cord

Question 7

Meningitis

Answer 7

Inflammation of meninges

Question 8

Where are the two lateral ventricles

Answer 8

One in each cerebral hemisphere

Question 9

Where’s the third ventrical

Answer 9

Medial space between corpus callosum

Question 10

Where’s the fourth ventrical

Answer 10

Between pons and cerebellum

Question 11

CSF

Answer 11

Fills ventricles
Clear colourless liquid
Surrounds brain and bathes its external surface

Question 12

Choroid plexus

Answer 12

Spongy mass of blood capillaries on the floor of each ventricle

Question 13

How is CSF reabsored

Answer 13

Arachnoid granulations

Question 14

Functions of CSF

Answer 14

Buoyancy
Protection
Chemical stability