Brain - Overview
What is the part of the brain that controls vital centers like breathing and blood pressure?
Brain stem
Where is CSF made?
Ventricles
What are the 4 major brain ventricles that make cerebrospinal fluid?
(2) lateral, third, and fourth ventricles
What 2 parts of the body are covered by meninges?
Brain and spinal cord
What is the danger of hydrocephalus?
Brain damage
What is the part of the brain that controls balance and equilibrium?
Cerebellum
What is a fluid that protects the brain?
Cerebrospinal fluid
What type of fluid is contained in the subarachnoid space?
Cerebrospinal fluid
What is the part of the brain that controls thinking, consciousness, sensory perception, and motor movement?
Cerebrum
What are the 4 main regions the brain is divided into?
Cerebrum, diencephalon, cerebellum, brain stem
What is located in the ventricles below the ependymal cells?
Choroid plexus
What tissue is pia mater made of?
Collagen and elastic fibers
What tissue makes up the arachnoid?
Collagen and elastic fibers
What is the part of the brain that controls hormones, smooth muscle, and regulates temperature?
Diencephalon
What are the 3 layers of connective tissue that make up meninges?
Dura mater, arachnoid, pia mater
What is a hematoma that would form between the dura mater and cranium?
Epidural hematoma
What connective tissue separates sides of cerebellum?
Falx cerebelli
What connective tissue extends into the longitudinal fissure of the brain?
Falx cerebri
What tissue makes up the dura mater?
Fibrous connective
What happens if more fluid is made than absorbed in the superior sagittal sinus?
Hydrocephalus
What is choroid plexus?
Network of capillaries
What layer of the dura mater is attached to the skull?
Periosteal
What is CSF made of?
Plasma-like fluid with less protein
What is the space underneath the arachnoid called?
Subarachnoid space
What is the space underneath the dura mater called?
Subdural space
What part of the brain does the pi mater extend into?
Sulci
At some places the arachnoid will actually protrude through the dura mater into the _____ _____ _____.
Superior sagittal sinus
The CSF will ultimately flow into this vein and be carried away with blood.
Superior sagittal sinus
What is the large vein located in the longitudinal fissure of the brain?
Superior sagittal sinus
What does CSF contain?
Water and plasma-like fluid