The Bervous System Part 4

Question 1

Spinal tracts

Answer 1

Columns of white matter form the putter portion of the spinal cord and bundles of myelinated fibers that make up the white columns

Question 2

Meninges

Answer 2

Touch fluid containing membrane the surrounds the brain and spinal cord.

Question 3

Three layers of the spinal meninges

Answer 3

Dura matter, pia matter, arachnoid matter

Question 4

Dura matter

Answer 4

Tough outer meninges later that lines the vertebral canal

Question 5

Pia matter

Answer 5

Meninges innermost membrane covering the spinal cord itself

Question 6

Arachnoid membrane

Answer 6

Between the dura and pia matter. Resembles a weblike structure with fluid in its spaces.

Question 7

Cerebrospinal fluid

Answer 7

Fluid that fills that subarachnoid spaces between the pia matter and arachnoid in the brain and spinal cord

Question 8

Choroid plexus

Answer 8

Network of brain capillaries that filters CSF

Question 9

Hydrocephalus

Answer 9

Water on the brain