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1
Q

Ependymal cells line the ______________ of the brain and the central canal of the spinal cord.

A

VENTRICLES

2
Q

The ventricles are a series of how many connecting cavities?

A

4

3
Q

What are the brain ventricles filled with?

A

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID

CSF

4
Q

What is the purpose of the clear, colorless liquid, CSF?

A

LESSEN IMPACT OF BLOW TO HEAD
+
TRANSPORT HORMONES to other areas of brain

5
Q

_________ is produced by the ependymal cells and comes from filtered blood in the ventricles.

A

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID

CSF

6
Q

What moves CSF along?

A

CILIA

on surface on ependymal cells

7
Q

What carries reabsorbed CSF back to the blood via the internal jugular veins of the neck?

A

DURAL SINUSES
aka
CRANIAL SINUSES

8
Q

Under some pathological conditions, CSF builds up within the ventricles, a condition called ________________.

A

HYDROCEPHALUS