Meninges of the brain and spinal cord.

Question 1

mechanism of migraine headache

The meninges with artery, veins and nerves

Answer 1

Dura mater

is supplied by trigeminal nerve so it is the onlt part that has pain receptors the rest of the brain feels no pain

Question 2

The meninges with no vessels and veins

Answer 2

Arachnoid mater

Question 3

The meninges with artery, vessel and no nerves

Answer 3

Pia mater

Question 4

The space between the skull and dura mater

Answer 4

Epidural space

Question 5

the space below the dura mater

Answer 5

Subdural space

Question 6

The space below the arachoid

Answer 6

Subarachnoid space filled with CSF

Question 7

The danger triangle of death (on face ) connects what veins

Answer 7

Angular vein ~ Ophthalmic vein ~ Cavernous sinus ( In the where infection stays )

Question 8

Dura mater blood supply is from

Answer 8

External carotid artery branch -middle meningeal artery

Question 9

between periosteal dura and skull

blood accumulation between the skull and the dura mater, the thick membrane covering the brain

Answer 9

Epidural hematoma

due to damage to pterion (union of bones known as temple of the head), damage to middle meningeal artery (majorly)

Question 10

layer of the dura mater that forms dural sinuses or duplications
(falx cerebri, diaphragma sellae, tentorium
cerebelli, falx cerebelli)

Answer 10

internal meningeal layer

Question 11

2 layers of the dura mater are

Answer 11

outer periosteal layer and internal meningeal layer

Question 12

paired dural venous sinuses

Answer 12

sup. & inf. petrossal sinus
transverse sinus
sigmoid sinus
cavernous sinus

mnemonic:

Question 13

unpaired dural venous sinuses

Answer 13

inf & sup saggital sinus
Occipital sinus
Straight sinus

SOS: SAG OUR STROLS

Question 14

the largest subarachnoid cistern is

Answer 14

cerebellomedullary cistern

receives CSF from the apertures of the 4th ventricle

Question 15

cistern of the great cerebral veins

Answer 15

quadrigeminal cistern

cisterna ambience is continous with it

Question 16

basal cistern is

Answer 16

interpeduncular cistern

Question 17

A 40-year-old unconscious man is admitted tthe emergency department after being hit in the head with a baseball. A CT scan examination reveals a fractured pterion and an epidural hematoma. Branches of which of the following arteries re most likely tbe injured?

Answer 17

middle meningeal artery

Question 18

A 50-year-old woman complained of pain over her chin and lower lip. A few days later small vesicles appeared over the same area and soon began erupting. She was diagnosed with a dermatomal herpes zosterinflammation (shingles). Which of the following nerves was most likely responsible for the transmission of the virus in this case?

Answer 18

mental nerve