Meninges

Question 1

Meninges are three membranes that protect (2)

Answer 1

Brain

Spinal cord

Question 2

3 meninges layers are (3)

Answer 2

Dura mater

Arachnoid layer

Pia mater

Question 3

Dura mater is _ that lines in er layer of skull

Answer 3

Thick fibrous tissue

Question 4

Dura mater deviates from contours of skull by forming _

Answer 4

Double folds

(Falx cerebri)

Question 5

Falx cerebri of dura mater dio down between cerebral hemispheres and in gaps between (2)

Answer 5

Cerebral hemispheres

Cerebellum

Question 6

Arachnoid mater is _ that follows contours of dura mater

Answer 6

Impermeable membrane

Question 7

Arachnoid mater separated from dura mater by a small gap called the _

Answer 7

Subdural space

Question 8

Arachnoid mater connected to pia mater by _

Answer 8

Bands of web-like tissue

(Trabeculae)

Question 9

Pia mater covers surface of (2)

Answer 9

Brain

Spinal cord

Question 10

Space between arachnoid and Pia mater is called _

Answer 10

Subarachnoid space

Question 11

Subarachnoid space filled with _

Answer 11

Cerebrospinal fluid

(CSF)

Question 12

Brain and spinal cord suspended in _

Answer 12

CSF

Question 13

CSF provides most important means of _ for brain

Answer 13

Physical protection