CSF Flashcards
1
Q
where is CSF made?
A
In the choroid plexus
2
Q
Where is choroid plexus found?
A
In the lateral ventricles, 3rd ventricle and 4th ventricle
3
Q
What joins the two lateral ventricles together and allows them to drain into the 3rd ventricle?
A
Interventricular foramen
4
Q
The 3rd ventricle can be said to be squashed between which structures?
A
The thalami
5
Q
Which structure connects the 3rd ventricle and 4th ventricle?
A
The cerebral aqueduct
6
Q
Where does CSF drain after it has been in the 4th ventricle?
A
Either into central canal of spinal cord or via lateral and median apertures into subarachnoid space
CSF then drains into dural venous sinuses via arachnoid granulations
