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Nervous System Part 2 Flashcards

1
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How much does the brain weigh?

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It weighs 1/50 body weight

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Where is the brain located?

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In the cranial cavity

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How much cardiac output is received by the brain?

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15%

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Approximately how much blood travels to the brain?

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750ml

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What 4 parts makes up the brain?

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Cerebrum

Diencephalon

Brain stem

Cerebellum

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What is the diencephalon composed of?

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The thalamus and the hypothalamus

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What is the brain stem composed of?

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Midbrain

Pons

Medulla Oblongata

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What is the largest part of the brain?

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Cerebrum

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What is the cerebrum divided into?

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The right and left hemisphere

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What part of the body does the right hemisphere control?

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The left side of the body

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What part of the body does the left hemisphere control?

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Right hand side of the body

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How is the cerebrum connected?

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By white matter which is nerve fibres located deep in the brain

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How is the brain composed in terms of white and grey matter?

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It has white matter inside and grey matter that surrounds it.

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How is the spinal cord composed in terms of white and grey matter?

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The grey matter is on the inside and the white matter surrounds it.

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What is the superficial layer of the cerebrum called?

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Cerebral cortex made up of nerve cell bodies which is grey matter

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What isa key characteristic of the cerebral cortex?

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Has lots of folds (convolutions) separates by fissures which creates a greater surface area.

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What lobes is the cerebrum divided into?

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Frontal lobe
Parietal lobe
Occipital lobe
Temporal lobe

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18
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How many axons does the corpus callousness contain?

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200 million axons

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19
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What is the purpose of the corpus callosum?

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Interconnects the two hemispheres

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What is the role of the corpus callosum?

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Integrates motor, sensory and cognition between cerebral cortex on the right and left

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What is the tentori cerebelli?

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An extension of the dura mater that separates the cerebellum from the inferior portion of the occipital lobe.

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22
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What is the sulci in the brain?

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A shallow groove in the brain that surrounds a gyrus

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What is a fissure in the brain?

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It is a large furrow/groove that divides the brain into lives and also into the two hemispheres as the longitudinal fissure

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24
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What is the gyrus in the brain?

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A ridge on the cerebral cortex

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What is the gyrus surrounded by?

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Generally surrounded by one or more sulci (depressions or furrows; eg, sulcus)

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What are the three main functions of the cerebral cortex?

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Mental activities (association area/cortex)

Sensory perception (sensory area/cortex)

Initiation and control of voluntary movement (motor area/cortex)

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What are some of the functions of the frontal lobe?

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Attention span

Decision making

Inhibition

Planning

Judgement

Social

Sexual behaviour

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What is the function of the temporal lobe?

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Auditory perception

Words/speech

Memory association/formation

Emotions

Facial recognition

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What are the functions of the parietal lobe?

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Sensation and perception

Integrating sensory input, mainly visual

Cognition

Spatial awareness

Navigation

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30
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What is the function of the occipital lobe?

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Visual processing

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What is the role of the thalamus?

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Relays sensory impulses to sensory cortex

Helps recall whether experience is pleasant or not

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What is the role of hypothalamus?

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Controls autonomic nervous system

Important in temperature regulation, water balance and metabolism

Also part of limbic system (emotions brain), pain/pleasure, libido (sexual pleasure), appetite/thrist

Regulates pituitary gland

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33
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How long is the brain stem?

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3 inches

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34
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What tracts does the brain stem contain?

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Ascending and descending tracts

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35
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Where is the midbrain located?

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Inferior to cerebrum and superior to pons

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What connects the cerebrum with lower parts of the brain and spinal cord?

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The nuclei and nerve fibres in the brain stem

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What does the nuclei do in the brain?

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It relays ascending and descending nerve fibres

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38
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Where is the pons located? (3)

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Anterior to the cerebellum
Inferior to midbrain
Superior to medulla Oblongata

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39
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What is the pons mostly composed of?

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Nerve fibres

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40
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What is the purpose of the pons?

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It connects the two hemispheres of the cerebellum and high levels of the brain with the spinal cord

41
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What are some of the nuclei in the pons associated with?

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Cranial nerves

42
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What do other nuclei of the pons form?

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Pneumotaxic and apneustic centres that operate the medulla Oblongata respiratory centre

43
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Where is the medulla oblongata located? (2)

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Inferior to the pons, continuous with the spinal cord

Just within cranium, inferior to the foramen magnum

44
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How long is the medulla oblongata?

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2.5cm

45
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How is the medulla oblongata composed in terms of white and grey matter?

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Grey matter centrally and white matter externally

46
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What are the three vital centres associated with autonomic reflexes in the medulla oblongata?

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Cardiovascular centre

Respiratory centre

Reflex centres - vomiting/coughing/sneezing/swallowing

47
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What is controlled in the cardiovascular centre of the medulla?

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Rate/force of contractions of heart

BP

48
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What else is within the cardiovascular centre of the medulla?

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Vasomotor centre

49
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What is controlled by respiratory centre of the medulla?

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Rate and depth

Nerve impulses going to phrenic and intercostal nerves - inspiration

Functions closely with pons

50
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What is controlled in the reflex centres of the medulla?

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Reflex actions

Like blinking of the eye due to stimulus of dust

51
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Where do motor nerve travel down?

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From the motor region of the cerebrum to spinal cord cross over in medulla called the decussation of pyramids.

Hence left hemisphere cerebrum controls right side etc

52
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What is the cross over in the medulla called in the spinal cord?

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Decussations of pyramids

53
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Where are sensory nerves located?

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Some of these nerve cross over in the medulla, whereas others cross over lower levels like the spinal cord

54
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Where is the cerebellum located?

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Inferior to posterior cerebrum, posterior to pons

55
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What is the composition of the cerebellum?

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Grey matter surface and white matter inner

56
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What are the main functions of the cerebellum?

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Coordinates voluntary movement, posture and balance

Receives sensory input from muscles, joints eyes and ears

May have role in learning and language processing

57
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How would you know if cerebellum is damaged?

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Uncoordinated
Clumsy
Jerky movement

58
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Where is the spinal cord located?

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Within the vertebral canal, continuous with the brain stem.

From medulla to around L1 vertebra

59
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What is the spinal cord surrounded by?

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Meninges and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)

60
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How long is the spinal cord, in adult males?

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45cm

61
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What shape is the grey matter of the spinal cord?

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H

62
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Where is the CSF located in the spinal cord?

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In the central canal

63
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What is the spinal cord composed of?

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Made up of sensory neurones, lower motor neurones and connector neurones connecting the sensory and motor

64
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What does the acronym SAME stand for?

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Sensory Afferent

Motor Efferent

65
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What do the neurones in the spinal cord allow?

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Spinal reflexes known to be caused by spinal reflex arc composed of motor, sensory and connector neurons

66
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How are the cell bodies in the posterior column of grey matter in the spinal cord stimulated?

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By sensory input of peripheries

67
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How are the cell bodies of lower motor neurones in the anterior columns of grey matter in the spinal cord stimulated?

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They are stimulated by upper motor neurones

68
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How many columns/tracts of white matter are there in the spinal cord?

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3

69
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What are the positions of the three columns of white matter in the spinal cord?

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Anterior
Posterior
Lateral

70
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How is white matter formed?

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Formed by sensory nerve fibres to brain and motor nerve fibres from brain and fibres of connective neurones

71
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How many C spine vertebra are there?

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7

72
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How many thoracic vertebra are there?

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12

73
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How many lumbar vertebra are there?

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5

74
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How many sacral vertebrae are there?

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5

75
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How many coccyx vertebrae are there? (Fused)

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4

76
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What is a reflex?

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An immediate involuntary action due to sensory stimulus like touching a hot surface

77
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Describe the process of the reflex arc.

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A stimulus like a pin causes pain.

Sensory receptors pick up stimulus on the skin.

Afferent nerve carries impulse along sensory neurone.

Impulse transmitted along connector neurone to the efferent nerve.

Impulses sent along motor neurone.

Impulse activates the effector, causing it to move away.

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What are meninges?

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The layers of the brain

79
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What are the three layers of the brain?

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Dura mater

Arachnoid mater

Pia mater

80
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What is the dura mater split into?

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The periosteal and meninges dura mater

81
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What is the potential space between the arachnoid mater and the pia mater called?

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The subarachnoid space

82
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What is the potential space between the dura mater and the arachnoid mater called?

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Subdural

83
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What is contained in the subarachnoid space?

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CSF

84
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What is the purpose of the periosteal dura mater?

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Serves as the skull inner periosteum called the endocardium which provides blood and nutrients to the bone

85
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What is the purpose of the meningeal dura mater?

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It provides a protective covering of the brain

86
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What is spinal dura mater? (2)

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A loose sheath around the spinal cord.

It is an extension of the cerebral dura mater separates from the periosteum of vertebrae by epidural space which contains blood vessels

87
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Where is the spinal dura mater located?

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From the foramen magnum (S2 vertebra) which them dudes with periosteum of coccyx

88
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What is the foramen magnum?

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The hole in the base of the skull through which the spinal cord passes

89
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What is the condition that causes the brain tissue to settle into the spinal canal (foramen magnum)?

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Chiari malformation

90
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Where is the arachnoid mater located?

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Between the dura and pia mater

91
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Where does the arachnoid mater pass over?

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Over convolutions of the brain and continues down the spinal cord until it fuses with the dura mater at the 2nd sacral vertebra

92
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What are key characteristics of the pia mater?

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It is delicate, connective tissue

Contains tiny blood vessels

93
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Where is the pia mater located?

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It is attached to the brain (third layer closest to brain) and continues to surround the spinal cord

94
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What is the main functions of the cerebrospinal fluid? (5)

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Support and protect

Maintain uniform pressure

Cushion/shock absorber between brain and skull

Moistens brain and spinal cord

Exchange of waste and nutrients between CSF and nerve cells

95
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What does s container in the CSF?

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Water
Minerals salts
Glucose
Plasma proteins
Creatinine
Urea
Few leukocytes
96
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How is the CSF circulated? (4)

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CSF produced by the CHOROID PLEXUS of each ventricle

CSF flows through the ventricles and into the subarachnoid space via the median and lateral apertures. Some CSF flows through the central canal of the spinal cord

CSF flows through the subarachnoid space

CSF absorber into the rural venous sinuses via the arachnoid villi

97
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What is the name of the four foramen in the brain?

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Foramen of Monro or Interventricular foramine
(1st foramen)

Foramen of Magendie
(Median aperture)

Foramen of Luschka x2
(Lateral aperture)

98
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What is the subarachnoid space?

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The space between the arachnoid membrane and pia mater that is filled with CSF and contain large blood vessels that supply the brain and spinal cord

99
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What is the foramen magnum?

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The hole in the base of the skull through which the spinal cord passes

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