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