ALL ANSWERS AND
ILLUSTRATION GIVEN
groups of neuronal cell bodies in the CNS - ANSWER ✔✔nuclei (grey
matter)
bundles of axons in the CNS - ANSWER ✔✔tracts (white matter;
often myelinated)
groups of neuronal cell bodies in the PNS - ANSWER ✔✔ganglia
(grey matter)
bundles of axons in the PNS - ANSWER ✔✔nerves (white matter)
,what are the layers of the brain - ANSWER ✔✔skin, cranial bones,
meninges
what are meninges - ANSWER ✔✔membranes that surround the
brain and spinal cord
- contain cerebrospinal fluid that helps circulate and nourish CNS
Meninges in order from outer to inner - ANSWER ✔✔dura mater,
arachnoid mater, pia mater
dura mater - ANSWER ✔✔meninge
thick fibrous layer that provides physical protection
arachnoid mater - ANSWER ✔✔meninge
thinner fibrous layer; attached to filamentous mesh that contain
cerebrospinal fluid and helps circulate it (subarachnoid space)
pia mater - ANSWER ✔✔thin layer; fits down into the grooves of the
brain
sinus - ANSWER ✔✔a special type of vein that does not have
smooth muscle in it
- a large amount of blood is contained here
, cerebrospinal fluid and function - ANSWER ✔✔fluid that circulates in
the brain in the subarachnoid space
- homeostatic regulation of ions and nutrients
- creates support for the brain to bear the load of the organ
- offers some immune protection
function of ventricles in the brain - ANSWER ✔✔produce, circulate,
and store CSF
describe the course of CSF through the ventricles - ANSWER ✔✔-
first produced in lateral ventricles (left and right)
- flows into interventricular foramen and into third ventricle, producing
more CSF
- flows through cerebral aqueduct into fourth ventricle
- from here, fluid can exit and flow around the brain or some if it can exit
and flow to the spinal cord
how is CSF drained - ANSWER ✔✔- good amount of pressure in the
subarachnoid space due to the constantly created CSF
- pressure creates bulk flow so that some CSF drains into dural spaces,
specifically into dural sinuses
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