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23 Cards in this Set
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Name the 3 primary functions of the meninges |
Protect Support vascular elements Enclose subarachnoid space |
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Name the 3 meningeal layers (from superficial to deep) |
Dura mater Arachnoid mater Pia mater |
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Name the two layers of the dura mater
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Periosteal Meningeal |
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Identify structures A, B, C, and D |
A - Falx cerebri B, C - Tentorium Cerebelli D - Falx cerebelli |
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Dural sinuses are part of what layer? |
Meningeal dura |
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What arachnoid specialization resorbs CSF and returns it to venous circulation? |
Subarachnoid granulations |
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What are the names of the bumps and grooves in/on the cerebrum? |
Bumps - gyri Grooves - sulci |
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The limbic lobe is known as the ____ |
emotional brain |
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Name [and point to] the 6 cortical lobes of the brain |
Frontal, Parietal, Temporal, Occipital, Insular, Limbic |
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What is the function of the frontal lobe? |
Executive functions |
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What is the function of the parietal lobe? |
Somatosensation |
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What is the function of the occipital lobe? |
Vision |
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What is the function of the temporal lobe? |
Audition, language comprehension |
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What is the function of the limbic lobe? |
Memory, emotion |
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What is the function of the insula lobe? |
Pain, visceral sensation, integrates taste and smell |
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Where and by what is CSF produced? |
CSF is produced in the ventricles by the choroid plexus |
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Name the ventricles of the brain |
Lateral ventricles (L and R), third ventricle, cerebral aqueduct (between 3 and 4), fourth ventricle |
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Where are the lateral ventricles located in the brain? |
Cerebral hemispheres |
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Where is the third ventricle located in the brain? |
Diencephalon |
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Where is the cerebral aqueduct located in the brain? |
Midbrain |
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Where is the fourth ventricle located in the brain? |
Pons and Medulla |
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What is the purpose of CSF? |
Protection, homeostatic functions, flotation |
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What structure separates the L and R lateral ventricles? |
Septum pellucidum |
