USA Neuroscience Exam II Questions and Answers

USA Neuroscience Exam II Questions and Answers name the layers of protection for the brain from outside in **hint: SCALP - ANSWER ️️ skin, subcutaneous connective tissue, Galea aponeurotica, loose areolar connective tissue, pericranium (periosteum) cervicomedullary junction of spinal cord occurs at this level - ANSWER ️️ foramen magnum (base of skull) what runs through foramen ovale? - ANSWER ️️ mandibular branch of trigeminal N (VIII) what runs through foramen spinosum? - ANSWER ️️ middle meningeal artery what lies in the anterior cranial fossa? - ANSWER ️️ frontal lobe (also lesser wing of sphenoid) what lies in the middle cranial fossa? - ANSWER ️️ temporal lobe what lies in the posterior cranial fossa? - ANSWER ️️ cerebellum and brainstem (also foramen magnum) name three layers of meninges from inside out **hint PAD - ANSWER ️️ pia mater, arachnoid mater, dura mater what is the falx cerebri and tentorium cerebelli formed by? - ANSWER ️️ meningeal layer which folds into the cranial cavity what is the tentorial notch? - ANSWER ️️ opening in tentorium cerebelli where midbrain passes through where does the CSF lie in relation to the mater? - ANSWER ️️ below the arachonoid layer describe the pia mater - ANSWER ️️ very thin innermost layer that adheres closely to the brain surface name the three spaces formed by the meninges - ANSWER ️️ epidural, subdural, subarachnoid