Venous sinuses - Answer-1. Superior saggital sinus - Drains blood from superior portion
of the brain
2. Inferior saggital sinus - Drains blood from inferior portion of the brain
3. Transverse sinus
4. Straight sinus
Tentorium Cerebelli - Answer-Separates cerebellum from cerebrum
Mostly transverse
Falx Cerebri - Answer-Separates hemispheres of brain (midsaggital)
Have outflow of blood - venous sinuses
Dural Septa - Answer-Dura Mater separations
(made of meningeal layer)
1. Falx Cerebri
2. Tentorium Cerebelli
3. Falx Cerebelli
Corpus Callosum - Answer-The large band of neural fibers connecting the two brain
hemispheres and carrying messages between them.
Cerebral Nuclei - Answer-1. Caudated nucleus - Main structure of basal ganglia
2. Amygdaloid body - important role in linking emotions with specific memories, in limbic
system
3. Putamen - helps regulate movement
4. Globus pallidus - helps regulate subconscious movement
5. Claustrum - A slender mass of grey matter
Meninges - Answer-Contains CSF & blood vessels
*3 Layers of tissue between brain & bone*
1. Dura Mater
2. Arachnoid Mater
, 3. Pia Mater
Ventricles - Answer-CSF-filled spaces in the brain
2 Lateral, 3rd, 4th ventricles
-Intraventricular foramena
-Cerebral aqueduct
-Septum pellucidum
-cervical enlargement
-thoracic region of the spinal cord
-lumbar enlargement (or lumbosacral enlargement)
-conus medullaris
-cauda equina
-filum terminale
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