BRAIN STORY TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS VERIFIED ANSWERS

BRAIN STORY TEST PAPER QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS VERIFIED ANSWERS

●● What are the parts of the brain?
Answer: -Cerebral hemispheres
-Diencephalon
-Brain stem
-Cerebellum


●● What are meninges?
Answer: Membranes between the brain and skull for proctection


●● What are the 3 layers of meninges of the brain?
Answer: -Dura Mater
-Arachnoid Mater
-Pia Mater


●● What is the Dura Mater?
Answer: -Very tough double layered membrane of the brain
-Attached to the skull
-Encloses dural sinuses to contain venous blood
-Partitions the brain with falx to anchor the brain

,●● What is the Falx Cerebri?
Answer: -Located in the dura mater
-Separates the left and right halves of the cerebrum


●● What is the Falx Cerebelli?
Answer: -Located in the dura mater
-Separates the left and right cerebellum


●● What is Subdural Hematoma?
Answer: Damaged vessels in the dura mater leaking deep


●● What is the Arachnoid Mater?
Answer: -Thin meninge
-Contains no blood vessels
-Covers cerebrum (does not go into the sulci or crevices)
-Drains cerebrospinal fluid into venous blood via villi


●● What is the Subarachnoid Space?
Answer: -Deep to the arachnoid membrane
-Filled with cerebrospinal fluid
-Contain the largest blood vessels that serve the brain

, ●● What is the Pia Mater?
Answer: -Meninge that contain blood vessels that nourish the brain
-Follows contours of the brain
-Goes into the sulci


●● What is Meningitis?
Answer: Inflammation/infection of any of the meninges


●● What is Cerebrospinal Fliud (CSF)?
Answer: -Clear, watery fluid, but more viscous
-Shock absorbers/cushion
-Bathes/nourishes the spinal cord and brain, in and out
-pH is important in regulating breathing


●● What is the Choroid Plexi?
Answer: Blood vessels in the brain that produce CSF


●● What are plexi?
Answer: -Located in each lateral ventricle
-2 C-Shaped chambers deep in each half of the brain