USA Neuroscience Exam II 2023/2024 with 100% correct answers

name the layers of protection for the brain from outside in **hint: SCALP - correct answer skin, subcutaneous connective tissue, Galea aponeurotica, loose areolar connective tissue, pericranium (periosteum) cervicomedullary junction of spinal cord occurs at this level - correct answer foramen magnum (base of skull) what runs through foramen ovale? - correct answer mandibular branch of trigeminal N (VIII) what runs through foramen spinosum? - correct answer middle meningeal artery what lies in the anterior cranial fossa? - correct answer frontal lobe (also lesser wing of sphenoid) what lies in the middle cranial fossa? - correct answer temporal lobe what lies in the posterior cranial fossa? - correct answer cerebellum and brainstem (also foramen magnum) name three layers of meninges from inside out **hint PAD - correct answer pia mater, arachnoid mater, dura mater what is the falx cerebri and tentorium cerebelli formed by? - correct answer meningeal layer which folds into the cranial cavity what is the tentorial notch? - correct answer opening in tentorium cerebelli where midbrain passes through