Strasinger AUBF – CSF UPDATED
Questions and CORRECT Answers
CSF - CORRECT ANSWER - A major fluid of the body, provides a physiologic system to
supply nutrients to the nervous tissues, remove metabolic wastes, and produce a mechanical
barrier to cushion the brain and spinal cord against trauma
Meninges - CORRECT ANSWER - Lines the brain and the spinal cord
Dura mater - CORRECT ANSWER - Outer layer meninges that lines the skull and
vertebral canal
Hard mother - CORRECT ANSWER - Translates to dura mater
Arachnoid - CORRECT ANSWER - Filamentous inner membrane (meninges)
Spiderweb-like - CORRECT ANSWER - Translates to arachnoid
Pia mater - CORRECT ANSWER - Thin membrane lining the surfaces of the brain and
spinal cord (meninges)
Gentle mother - CORRECT ANSWER - Translates to pia mater
Choroid plexuses - CORRECT ANSWER - CSF is produced in the _____ of the two
lumbar ventricles and the third and fourth ventricles
20mL/hr - CORRECT ANSWER - Adults produce this amount of CSF
, Subarachnoid space - CORRECT ANSWER - CSF flows through the ____ located
between the arachnoid and pia mater
90- 150 mL - CORRECT ANSWER - Maintaining volume of CSF in adults
10- 60 mL - CORRECT ANSWER - Maintaining volume of CSF in neonates
Cells of the arachnoid granulations - CORRECT ANSWER - Acts as a one-way valves that
respond to pressure within the central nervous system and prevent reflux of the fluid
Choroid plexuses - CORRECT ANSWER - Capillary networks that form the CSF from
plasma by mechanisms of selective filtration under hydrostatic pressure and active transport
secretion
Blood-brain barrier - CORRECT ANSWER - Tight-fitting structure of the endothelial cells
in the choroid plexuses
CSF - CORRECT ANSWER - Routinely collected by lumbar puncture between the third,
fourth (adult) or fifth (pediatric) lumbar vertebra
Slowly - CORRECT ANSWER - Elevated pressure requires CSF to be withdrawn ___
3 - CORRECT ANSWER - CSF is collected in ___ sterile tubes
Chemical, serologic tests - CORRECT ANSWER - Tube 1 is for ____ which is least
affected by blood or bacteria introduced as a result of the tap procedure
Microbiology - CORRECT ANSWER - Tube 2 is for ____
Questions and CORRECT Answers
CSF - CORRECT ANSWER - A major fluid of the body, provides a physiologic system to
supply nutrients to the nervous tissues, remove metabolic wastes, and produce a mechanical
barrier to cushion the brain and spinal cord against trauma
Meninges - CORRECT ANSWER - Lines the brain and the spinal cord
Dura mater - CORRECT ANSWER - Outer layer meninges that lines the skull and
vertebral canal
Hard mother - CORRECT ANSWER - Translates to dura mater
Arachnoid - CORRECT ANSWER - Filamentous inner membrane (meninges)
Spiderweb-like - CORRECT ANSWER - Translates to arachnoid
Pia mater - CORRECT ANSWER - Thin membrane lining the surfaces of the brain and
spinal cord (meninges)
Gentle mother - CORRECT ANSWER - Translates to pia mater
Choroid plexuses - CORRECT ANSWER - CSF is produced in the _____ of the two
lumbar ventricles and the third and fourth ventricles
20mL/hr - CORRECT ANSWER - Adults produce this amount of CSF
, Subarachnoid space - CORRECT ANSWER - CSF flows through the ____ located
between the arachnoid and pia mater
90- 150 mL - CORRECT ANSWER - Maintaining volume of CSF in adults
10- 60 mL - CORRECT ANSWER - Maintaining volume of CSF in neonates
Cells of the arachnoid granulations - CORRECT ANSWER - Acts as a one-way valves that
respond to pressure within the central nervous system and prevent reflux of the fluid
Choroid plexuses - CORRECT ANSWER - Capillary networks that form the CSF from
plasma by mechanisms of selective filtration under hydrostatic pressure and active transport
secretion
Blood-brain barrier - CORRECT ANSWER - Tight-fitting structure of the endothelial cells
in the choroid plexuses
CSF - CORRECT ANSWER - Routinely collected by lumbar puncture between the third,
fourth (adult) or fifth (pediatric) lumbar vertebra
Slowly - CORRECT ANSWER - Elevated pressure requires CSF to be withdrawn ___
3 - CORRECT ANSWER - CSF is collected in ___ sterile tubes
Chemical, serologic tests - CORRECT ANSWER - Tube 1 is for ____ which is least
affected by blood or bacteria introduced as a result of the tap procedure
Microbiology - CORRECT ANSWER - Tube 2 is for ____
