Meninges And Calcified Brain Structures

Question 1

The periosteum of the inner aspect of the skill and is continuous through all the foramina and sutures of the skull with the periosteum on the outside of the skull

Answer 1

Dura Mater

Question 2

Delicate membrane which is impermeable to csf

Answer 2

Arachnoid mater

Question 3

Invaginated into the surface of the brain by cerebral arteries

Answer 3

Pia mater

Question 4

Median sagittal plane attached to the crista galli in the midline of the floor of the anterior cranial fossa

Answer 4

Falx cerebri

Question 5

Horizontal septum of dura mater that separates the occipital lobes from the superior surface of the cerebellum

Answer 5

Tentorium cerebelli

Question 6

In adults the choroid plexus of the lateral ventricles is almost always calcified

Answer 6

Calcified choroid plexus

Question 7

Located immediately posterior to the 3rd ventricle and is commonly partly or fully calcified

Answer 7

Pineal gland

Question 8

Calcification is common in elderly patients

Answer 8

Basal ganglia

Question 9

Mistaken as acute intracranial blood

Answer 9

Calcified falx cerebri