Terms

Question 1

choroid plexus

Answer 1

vascular element in ventricles that produces CSF

Question 2

flow of CSF through ventricles

Answer 2

flows through lateral ventricle, through the foramen of monro to the 3rd ventricle, through the cerebral aqueduct and into the fourth ventricle. There the CSF exits the fourth ventricle through two lateral foramina of Luschka and the single medial foramen of Magendie.

pg 426 in FA

Question 3

telencephalon

Answer 3

embryonic structure from which the mature cerebellum develops

Question 4

diencephalon

Answer 4

becomes the 3rd ventricle.

• epithalamus
• thalamus
• subthalamus
• hypothalamus

Question 5

Components of the brain steam

Answer 5

1. midbrain
2. pons
3. medulla

Question 6

What are the three layers of the meninges

Answer 6

Three layers of connective tissue

1. dura
2. arachnoid
3. pia mater

Question 7

Dura

Answer 7

composed to two layers

1. (outer) Periosteal dura
2. Meningeal dura

Question 8

Falx cerebri

Answer 8

separates the cerebral hemispheres

Question 9

tentorium cerebelli

Answer 9

separates the cerebrum from cerebellum

Question 10

tentorial notch

Answer 10

opening in tentorium cerebella that the brain stem passes through