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Meningeal layers of the brain

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Dura
Arachnoid
Pia

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Covers the brain and the spinal cord

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Meninges

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2 layers of dura mater

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Endosteal or periosteal

Meningeal or dura mater proper

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Periosteum covering the inner surface of the skull bones does not extend through the foramen magnum

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Endosteal layer

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Dense strong fibrous membrane covering the brain continuous through the foramen magnum w the dura mater of spinal cord

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Meningeal layer

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4 septa or foldings of dura mater

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Falx cerebri
Falx cerebelli
Tentorium cerebelli
Diaphragma sellae

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Divides the cranial cavity into freely communicating spaces lodging the subdivisions of the brain

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4 septa

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Restricts the rotary displacement of the brain

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4 foldings or septa

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Sickle shaped fold bet 2 cerebral hemispheres

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Falx cerebri

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Falx cerebri is attached in front to the (2)

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Internal frontal crest

Crista galli

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Runs in the upper fixed margin of falx cerebri

Superior to falx cerebri

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Sup sagittal sinus

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Runs in the lower concave free margin of falx cerebri

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Inferior sagittal sinus

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Runs bet falx cerebri and tentorium cerebelli

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Straight sinus

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Crescent shaped fold of dura mater that roofs over the posterior cranial fossa

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Tentorium cerebelli

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Fold bet cerebellum and cerebrum

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T. Cerebelli

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Covers the upper surface of the cerebellum and supports the occipital lobes of the cerebral hemispheres

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T. Cerebelli

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Gap or space that allows formation and passage of the brainstem

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Tentorial notch

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Tentorial notch produces 2 borders

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Inner free border

Outer attached or fixed border

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Small, sickle shape fold in the dura mater

Attached to the internal occ crest and projects forward bet 2 cerebellar hemispheres

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Falx cerebelli

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The post fixed margin of falx cerebelli contains what sinus

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Occ sinus

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Small, CIRCULAR fold of dura mater

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Diaphragma sellae

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Diaphragma sellae forms the roof for the

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Sella turcica

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Nerve supply of the DURA MATER

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Branches of the:
Trigeminal
Vagus
First 3 Cev nerves
Branches from the sympa system
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Everytime there is STETCHING of the meninges, it will result to

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Example of headache, pain in shoulder and neck area

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Tension headache

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Main arterial supply of the dura mater

Commonly damaged in head injuries

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Middle meningeal artery

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6 arterial supply of dura mater

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ICA
Max
Ascending pharyngeal
Occ
Vertebral
Middle meningeal
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Starts at the meningeal veins and drains to sinuses

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Venous drainage

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Venous drainage

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Meningeal veins

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Meningeal veins drains into the

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Pterygoid venous plexus or the

Sphenoparietal sinus

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Delicate impermeable membrane covering the brain between DURA and PIA

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Arachnoid mater

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IMPERMEABLE

- for protection. Foreign matls cant pass. May help stop blood from going to the brain when there is bleeding

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Arachnoid mater is impermeable

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AM is separated from the:
Dura-
Pia-

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Subdural

Subarachnoid space

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Space for the passage of csf

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Subarachnoid space

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Will help provide framework - limits movt of brain in AM

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Arachnoid villi

Arachnoid granulation

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Projects into the venous sinuses
Most numerous in sup sag sinus
SERVES AS SITES WHERE THE CSF DIFFUSES INTO THE BLOOD STREAM

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Arachnoid villi

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Aggregations of arachnoid villi which are conneed to the pia mater across the fluid filled subarach space by delicate strands of fibrous tissue

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Arachnoid granulations

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A. Granulation is aka

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Pacchionian bodies

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Vascular membrane that
closely invests the brain
Covers the gyri
Descends into the deepest sulci

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Pia mater forms a specialized tissue which forms the CSF

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Tela choroidea

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Pia mater forms _ of the roof of the 3rd and 4th ventricles of the brain

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Tela choroidea

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Pia mater fuses with _ to form the _ in the lat 3rd and 4th ventricles

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Fuses with ependyma

To form choroid plexus

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Serves as cushion for the brain and provide overall conditions of CNS

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Csf is produced by the

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Choroid plexus

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Spinal subarachnoid space extends down as far as the

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2nd sacral vertebra

45
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Master endocrine gland

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Pituitary gland

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Pituitary gland aka

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Hypophysis cerebri

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Small oval structure attached to the undersurface of the brain by the infundibulum

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Pituitary gland

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Pituitary gland is protected by the

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Sella turcica of the sphenoid

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Structure that stabilizes pituitary gland

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Diaphragma sellae

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2 lobes of pituitary gland

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Ant lobe or adenohypophysis

Post lobe or neurohypophysis

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Blood supply of hypophysis

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Sup and inf hypophyseal arteries (branches of ica)

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Venous drainage of hypophysis

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Intercavernous sinuses

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