Ependymal Cells and CSF

Question 1

Ependymal cells line the ______________ of the brain and the central canal of the spinal cord.

Answer 1

VENTRICLES

Question 2

The ventricles are a series of how many connecting cavities?

Answer 2

4

Question 3

What are the brain ventricles filled with?

Answer 3

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID

CSF

Question 4

What is the purpose of the clear, colorless liquid, CSF?

Answer 4

LESSEN IMPACT OF BLOW TO HEAD
+
TRANSPORT HORMONES to other areas of brain

Question 5

_________ is produced by the ependymal cells and comes from filtered blood in the ventricles.

Answer 5

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID

CSF

Question 6

What moves CSF along?

Answer 6

CILIA

on surface on ependymal cells

Question 7

What carries reabsorbed CSF back to the blood via the internal jugular veins of the neck?

Answer 7

DURAL SINUSES
aka
CRANIAL SINUSES

Question 8

Under some pathological conditions, CSF builds up within the ventricles, a condition called ________________.

Answer 8

HYDROCEPHALUS