Brain Parts Flashcards
(15 cards)
What is the Function of the Tentorium Cerebelli?
The separation of the 2 cerebral hemispheres from the 2 cerebellar hemispheres
What is the shape of the Tentorium Cerebelli?
Tent-shaped dural fold
What is the Apex of the Falx Cerebri?
Attached to Crista Gali
What is the base of the Falx Cerebri?
Continuous with upper layer of the Tentorium Cerebelli
What is the upper convex of the Falx Cerebri?
Attached to the Superior Sagittal Sinus
What is the Lower concave of the Falx Cerebri?
In the bottom of the medial longitudinal fissure
What is the beginning of the superior sagittal sinus?
Foramen Caecum
What is the course of the Superior Sagittal Sinus?
Along the upper border of the Falx Cerebri
What is the end of the superior Sagittal sinus?
Continues as the right transverse sinus
What is the site of the inferior Sagittal sinus?
Along the lower border of the Falx Cerebri
What is the end of the Inferior Sagittal Sinus?
Forms the straight sinus
What is the site of the Transverse Sinus?
The Transverse Sulcus
What is the LEFT Beginning of the Transverse Sinus?
Continuation of straight sinus
What is the RIGHT beginning of the Transverse Sinus?
Continuation of superior Sagittal sinus
What is the end of the Transverse Sinus?
Continues as sigmoid sinus
