Meninges and Circulation of the Brain

Question 1

Deepest layer of the meninges

Answer 1

Pia mater

Question 2

Middle layer of the meninges

Answer 2

Arachnoid mater

Question 3

Most superficial layer of the meninges

Answer 3

Dura mater

Question 4

What are the two layers of the dura mater

Answer 4

Periosteal and meningeal

Question 5

1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Answer 5

1- Pia mater

2- Subarachnoid space

3- Arachnoid mater

4- Meningeal dura mater

5- Subdural space (potential space)

Question 6

6, 7, 8, 9, 10

Answer 6

6- Periosteal dura mater

7- Dura mater

8- Superior sagittal sinus

9- Arachnoid granulations

10- Falx cerebri

Question 7

Where are CSF and blood vessels normally found within the meninges?

Answer 7

Subarachnoid space

Question 8

What are the two potential spaces of the meninges?

Answer 8

Subdural and extradural

Question 9

1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Answer 9

1- Superior sagittal sinus

2- Straight sinus

3- Tentorium cerebelli

4- Transverse sinus

5- Sigmoid sinus

Question 10

6, 7, 8, 9, 10

Answer 10

6- Falx cerebri

7- Inferior sagittal sinus

8- Superior and inferior petrosal sinuses

9- Cavernous sinus

10- Internal jugular vein

Question 11

Through where does CSF pass to become venous blood?

Answer 11

Arachnoid granulations

Question 12

Where does the falx cerebri attach?

Answer 12

Crista galli

Question 13

Where do the falx cerebri and tentorium cerebelli meet?

Answer 13

Straight sinus

Question 14

What is it called when a blow to the head displaces the brain and ruptures a blood vessel?

Answer 14

Usually subdural hemorrhaging, it can also be epidural hemorrhaging. Both can lead to a hematoma.

Question 15

Vertebral aa. are branches of what artery?

Answer 15

Subclavian aa.

Question 16

Vertebral aa. ascends through what structure of the vertebrae?

Answer 16

Transverse foramina of cervical vertebrae

Question 17

The vertebral aa. enter the skull through which opening?

Answer 17

Foramen magnum

Question 18

Internal carotid aa. are branches from what artery?

Answer 18

Common carotid a.

Question 19

Through what do the internal carotid aa. enter the skull?

Answer 19

Carotid canal to enter the base of the skull, then they enter the cranial vault from above the foramen lacerum.

Question 20

1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Answer 20

1- Anterior cerebral a.

2- Anterior communicating a.

3- Internal carotid a.

4- MIddle cerebral a.

5- Posterior communicating a.

Question 21

6, 7, 8, 9

Answer 21

6- Posterior cerebral a.

7- Superior cerebellar a.

8- Basillar a.

9- Vertebral a.

Question 22

1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Answer 22

1- Anterior communicating a.

2- Anterior cerebral a.

3- Middle cerebral a.

4- Internal carotid a.

5- Posterior communicating a.

Question 23

6, 7, 8, 9, 10

Answer 23

6- Posterior cerebral a.

7- Superior cerebellar a.

8- Basillar a.

9- Labyrinthine a.

10- Anterior inferior cerebellar a.

Question 24

11, 12, 13

Answer 24

11- Vertebral a.

12- Posterior inferior cerebellar a.

13- Anterior spinal a.