Brain/cranial meninges

Question 1

3 parts of brain

Answer 1

-cerebrum, cerebellum, brainstem

Question 2

Corpus callasum

Answer 2

-holds together cerebrum

Question 3

5 lobes of cerebrum

Answer 3

-frontal, parietal, occipital, temporal, insula

Question 4

3 parts of brainstem

Answer 4

-midbrain, pons, medulla oblongata

Question 5

Branches of basilar artery

Answer 5

-anterior interior cerebellar arteries, pontine arteries, superior cerebullar arteries, posterior cerebral arteries

Question 6

Internal carotid arteries

Answer 6

-posterior communicating, middle cerebral, anterior cerebral, anterior communicating (2 anterior cerebral arteries)

Question 7

Cerebral arterial circle

Answer 7

circle of Willis

Question 8

Dura Mater

Answer 8

• unlike spinal dura (2 layers)
• –external periosteal layer
• –internal meningeal layer

Question 9

Falx Cerebri

Answer 9

-largest fold of dura-sickle shaped

Question 10

Tentorium cerebelli

Answer 10

-separates occipital lobe from cerebullum

Question 11

Falx cerebelli

Answer 11

-partly separates cerebellar hemispheres

Question 12

Diaphragma Sellae

Answer 12

-circular sheet of dura

Question 13

11 sinuses

Answer 13

-superior sagittal sinus, confluence of sinuses, inferior sagittal sinus, straight sinus, transverse sinuses, sigmoid sinuses, occipital sinuses, cavernous sinuses, sphenoparietal sinuses, superior petrosal sinuses, inferior petrosal sinuses