Fill in the blanks-Meninges

dura mater

The CNS is defined as all the structures enclosed by the meninges. The outermost layer of the meninges is called _________?

opaque

The dura mater is (opaque/translucent) and serves as the protective layer.

skull

The dura mater layer is plastered tightly up against the inside of the ???

real (space)

below the arachnoid layer is the _____ space.

corpus callosum

biggest commissure in the brain

arachnoid mater

middle layer of the meninges is called the??

falx cerebri

part of the dura mater that separates the 2 hemispheres

parieto-occipital sulcus

sulcus between parietal and occipital lobes

blod vessels

the arachnoid layer contains a lot of ???, which make it look like a spider web.

pia mater

the lowest level of meninges is called the ??? and is different from the other two layers.

transparent

the middle layer of the dura mater (arachnoid mater) is opaque or transparent?

follows all gyri and sulci (doesn't just stretch across the surface of the brain)

the pia mater is different from the other two layers because???

CSF (cerebrospinal fluid)

the real space is filled with ???, which acts as an additional cushioning to protect the brain