Meninges and CSF Flashcards
Continuous fluid-filled system
Ventricular System
The Ventricular System is composed of
o Lateral Ventricles
o 3rd Ventricle
o 4th Ventricle
o Central Canal
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T or F:
The dura mater of the brain is formed from 2 layers.
TRUE
dura mater of the brain
outer periosteal layer
inner meningeal layer
single layer over spinal cord
epidural space between dural sheath and spinal cord
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middle cob-web layer
Arachnoid
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inner most delicate areolar connective tissue
pia mater
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ordinary periosteum covering the inner surface of the skull bones
endosteal layer
True of the Endosteal Layer
A. It does not extend through the foramen magnum to become continuous with the dura mater of the spinal cord
B. Around the margins of all the foramina it becomes continuous with the periosteum on the outside of the skull bones
C. At the sutures it is continuous with sutural ligaments
D. AOTA
D. AOTA
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The dura mater proper is the
Meningeal layer
Sickle- shaped fold of dura mater that lies in the midline between the 2 cerebral hemispheres
Falx Cerebri
A small sickle- shaped fold of dura mater that is attached to the internal occipital crest and projects forward between the 2 cerebellar hemispheres .
Falx cerebelli
Small circular fold of dura mater that forms the roof for sella turcica
Diaphragma Sellae
T or F:
Dural nerve supply is sensitive to stretching which produces the sensation of headache.
TRUE
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Dural nerve supply
Branches of the trigeminal, vagus, & first 3 cervical nerves and branches from the sympathetic system pass to the dura
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Dural arterrial supply
Branches of the trigeminal, vagus, & first 3 cervical nerves and branches from the sympathetic system pass to the dura
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The most important arterial supply which arise from the maxillary artery in the infratemporal fossa
middle meningeal artery
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Meningeal veins lie in the
endosteal layer of dura
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Delicate impermeable membrane covering the brain and lying between the pia internally and the dura externally
Arachnoid mater
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The arachnoid mater is separated from the pia mater by
the subarachnoid space which is filled by CSF
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Serve as sites where the CSF diffuse into the bloodstream
Arachnoid villi
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Aggregations of arachnoid villi are referred as
arachnoid granulations
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Vascular membrane that covers the gyri and descending into the deepest sulci
Pia mater
T or F:
The cerebral arteries entering the brain carry a sheath of pia with them.
TRUE
SC MENINGES
continuous with dura mater of brain
Dura mater of the SC