Brain Anatomy & Hydrocephalus

Question 1

What is in the Diecenphalon?

Answer 1

Thalamus
Hypothalamus
Epithalamus

Question 2

What is in the Brain Stem?

Answer 2

Midbrain
Pons
Medulla Oblongata

Question 3

Purpose of Cerebellum?

Answer 3

Receives and compares sensory input from proprioceptors, vestibular systems and eyes and sends signals to motor areas to either stimulate or inhibit the activity of skeletal muscles. (CO-ORDINATION)

Question 4

What is composed in the Cerebrum?

Answer 4

White and Grey Matter

Question 5

What connects the two halves of Cerebrum?

Answer 5

Corpus Callosum

Question 6

What are the 4 lobes of the cerebrum?

Answer 6

Frontal, Parietal, Occipi
tal and Temporal

Question 7

Where does the CSF flow?

Answer 7

Between the arachnoid and the Pia, in the subarachnoid space and the four ventricles of the brain and around the spinal cord.

Question 8

What is Hydrocephalus?

Answer 8

It is when the circulation of CSF is blocked, particularly in the ventricles. So therefore it can not be reabsorbed by the arachnoid villi.

Question 9

Causes of Hydrocephalus

Answer 9

Tumour blocking the ventricles
Stroke causing brain oedema
Overproduction of CSF

Question 10

Symptoms of Hydrocephalus

Answer 10

-Infant
Enlarged head circumference
Bulging Fontanelle
Projectile Vomitting
Irritability

-Adult
Palpilledema
Headache
Cranial Nerve
Projectile Vomitting

Question 11

Treatment of Hydrocephalus?

Answer 11

Placing Shunt
Medication to decrease CSF production