BRAIN VENTRICLES Flashcards
CEREBROSPINAL FLUID
Fluid that fills the brain’s ventricles
EPYNDYMAL CELLS
Specific CELLS that generate CSF
CHOROID PLEXUSES
LEAKY BLOOD VESSELS in the brain that provide the fluid of CSF
LATERAL VENTRICLES
2 ventricles found in the cerebral hemisphere
3RD VENTRICLE
Ventricle found in the DIENCEPHALON (inside the thalamus)
4TH VENTRICLE
Ventricle found in the BRAINSTEM (anterior to the cerebellum
INTERVENTRICULAR FORAMEN
The tubes that move CSF from the LATERAL ventricles to the 3RD ventricle
CEREBRAL AQUEDUCT
The tubes that move CSF from the 3RD ventricle to the 4TH ventricle
CENTRAL CANAL
The tube that drains CSF from the 4TH ventricle into the SPINAL CORD
SUBARCHNOID SPACE
CSF-FILLED space between the pia mater & archanoid mater
ARACHNOID GRANULATIONS (VILLI)
Small openings in the arachnoid mater that allow CSF to drain into the dural venous sinus
DURAL VENOUS SINUS
BLOOD FILLED space where extra CSF returns to the bloodstream