Lecture 7 - Ventricular and dura venous systems Flashcards
What are the 4 types of hemorrhage in the neurocranium that can compromise brain functions?
Intraparenchymal
subarachnoid
Epidural
Subdural
What is the worst kind of hemorrhage?
Epidural - MEDICAL EMERGENCY
What are the three layers of meninges?
1 - dura mater
2 - arachnoid mater
3 - pia mater
What are the arachnoid trabeculae?
columns connecting arachnoid mater to pia mater
- spider web-like
What are the two layers of the dura mater?
- periosteal (around the bone, is a membrane that covers the cranium)
- meningeal (continuous to dura mater, covers our spinal cord from dural sac)
What is the most outer layer of the brain? (cannot be seperated from it)
pia mater
- PART OF THE BRAIN
What is the epidural space?
between bone and periosteal
Does the epidural space exist normally?
NO - only when we have bleeding, pushes it away
- between the periosteal matter and neurocranium
Where is the subdural space?
between the meningeal dura and arachnoid mater
- DOESNT EXIST NORMALLY
What is the subarachnoid space?
between the arachnoid and pia mater
- FILLED WITH CSF
Where is the falx cerebri?
in the longitudinal fissure
- separates 2 hemispheres of the cerebrum
Where is the falx cerebelli?
in the groove posterior to the cerebellum
Where is the tentorium cerebelli?
In the transverse fissure
Where is the diaphragma sellae?
sealing the sella turcica, separates pituitary gland from hypothalamus
What 2 meningeal foldings are in the sagittal plane?
- falx cerebri
- falx cerebelli
What 2 meningeal foldings are in the transverse plane?
- tentorium cerebelli
- diaphragm sellae
Where is the superior sagittal sinus?
the superior border of the falx cerebri
Where is the inferior sagittal sinus?
the inferior border of the falx cerebri
What vein does the ISS run with?
the great cerebral vein
What forms the straight sinus?
the ISS and great cerebral vein flow together
What forms the confluence of sinuses?
the SSS, straight sinus, and occipital sinus flow together
What does the occipital sinus run in?
the falx cerebelli
What is the transverse sinus?
runs to either side horizontally in the lateral border of straight sinus and tentorium cerebelli and periosteal dura mater, descends into posterior cranial fossa through jugular foramen
What is the sigmoid sinus?
shaped like S, formed internal jugular vein
What surrounds the sellae tursica?
cavernous sinus
Where is the dangerous triangle?
around nose, upper lip
What is dangerous about the dangerous triangle?
the venous blood flows to the cavernous sinus which will spread the infection to the cranium
What can happen with an infection on the scalp?
the emissary veins take venous blood from the scalp to the SSS
Which meninge has somatosensory innervation?
ONLY the dura mater
What is the dura mater innervated by?
most parts by the trigeminal nerve divisions
V1 - ophthalmic provides MOST of the somatosensory innervation
What area will a craniotomy be performed in?
the area of sparse innervation in the dura mater
What is the posterior cranial fossa dura innervated by?
C2/C3 - sensory divisions ascend through vagus nerve (CN X) or glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX) that goes into posterior cranial fossa