Nervous System Quest Flashcards
(34 cards)
Innermost layer of duramater
Periosteal
Outermost layer of duramater
Meningeal
Fold that is found in between cerebral hemispheres
Falx cerebri
Fold that is above the cerebellum
Tentorium cerebri
Blood vessels and CSI are located within this layer of the meninges
Sub arachnoid space
Specialized projections that protrude into the dura secrete CSF into venous blood.
Arachnoid villi
Meningitis affecting the brain
Pneumococcal meningitis
These areas within the lateral ventricles are fourth ventricle secrete CSF
Choroid plexus
The flow of CSF
Lateral ventricle —> intraventricular foramina —> third ventricle —> cerebral aqueduct —> fourth ventricle —> subarachnoid space
A stroke is also known as
Cerebrovascular accident
One-sided paralysis
Hemiplegia
If a stroke affects the broca area
Aphasia
A temporary reduction of blood flow to the brain
Transient ischemic attack
Brain tissue is permanently injured in this type of accident
Contusion
Progressive degenerative disease of the brain resulting in dementia
Alzheimer’s
Disease associated with basal nuclei degeneration and results in loss of dopamine production neurons
Parkinson’s
A genetic disease that occurs during middle age and leads to a massive degeneration of a basal nuclei and cerebral cortex.
Huntingtons
The spinal cord terminates at the spinal level
L2
The terminus at this level is automatically refered to as the
Conus medullaris
Another term for the white matter columns
Funiculi
The dorsal horn of the spinal cord receive what type of information
Afferent
The central horns of the spinal cord transmit what type of information
Motor or efferent
Information traveling from the PNS to the thalamus would be carried along what?
Spinothalamic tract
Information traveling from the PNS to the cerebellum would be carried along the
Spinocerebellar tract