Title: Ventricular and Cerebrospinal Fluid Systems: Quiz Game
1The Ventricular and Cerebrospinal Fluid Systems
Neuro Quiz
Identify the correct question
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? Michael McKeough 2008
2The Ventricular and Cerebrospinal Fluid Systems
Neuro Quiz
Anatomy Cerebrospinal fluid Misc. I Misc. II Pathology
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200 200 200 200 200
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500 500 500 500 500
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3Anatomy 100
- This portion of the ventricular system is located
in the cerebral hemispheres.
What are the lateral ventricles?
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4Anatomy 200
- This portion of the ventricular system is located
in the diencephalon.
What is the third ventricle?
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5Anatomy 300
- This portion of the ventricular system is located
in the midbrain.
What is the cerebral aqueduct (aqueduct of
Sylvius)?
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6Anatomy 400
- This portion of the ventricular system is located
in the pons and medulla.
What is the fourth ventricle?
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7Anatomy 500
- This portion of the ventricular system is located
in the spinal cord.
What is the central canal?
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8Cerebrospinal Fluid 100
- This structure produces cerebrospinal fluid.
What is the choroid plexus?
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9Cerebrospinal Fluid 200
- Cerebrospinal fluid passes through this structure
en route from the lateral ventricles to the third
ventricle.
What is the foramen of Monro?
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10Cerebrospinal Fluid 300
- Cerebrospinal fluid passes through this structure
en route from the third ventricle to the fourth
ventricle.
What is the cerebral aqueduct (aqueduct of
Sylvius)?
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11Cerebrospinal Fluid 400
- Cerebrospinal fluid exits the ventricles via
these structures.
What are the lateral foramina of Luschka and
midline foramen of Magendie?
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12Cerebrospinal Fluid 500
- Cerebrospinal fluid exits the ventricular system
via these structures.
What are arachnoid villa(arachnoid
granulations)?
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13Miscellaneous I 100
- The ventricular system originated from here.
What is the hollow neural tube?
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14Miscellaneous I 200
- These are the three main functions of the
ventricular and cerebrospinal fluid systems.
- What are
- provide buoyancy to the CNS
- help maintain homeostasis in the CNS
- act as a fluid transport system?
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15Miscellaneous I 300
- Cerebrospinal fluid circulates inside this space
within the central nervous system.
What is the subarachnoid space?
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16Miscellaneous I 400
- The 150 cc of cerebrospinal fluid is completely
replaced this often.
What is more than once per day?
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17Miscellaneous I 500
- This condition is produced by hydrocephalus in a
mature skull.
What is ventricular enlargement due to
compression of adjacent neural tissue?
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18Miscellaneous II 100
- In order to avoid damage to the spinal cord, a
lumbar puncture is performed below this level.
What is L1 or the L1-L2 junction?
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19Miscellaneous II200
- Arachnoid villa empty circulating cerebrospinal
fluid into this structure.
What is the superior sagittal sinus?
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20Miscellaneous II300
- This portion of the ventricular system is located
in the occipital lobe.
What is the posterior horn?
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21Miscellaneous II400
- This portion of the ventricular system is located
in the frontal lobe.
What is the anterior horn?
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22Miscellaneous II500
- The choroid plexus is derived from these cells.
What are ependymal cells from the inner walls of
the ventricles?
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23Pathology 100
- This is the primary type of pathology involving
the ventricular system.
What is hydrocephalus?
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24Pathology 200
- These are the two types of hydrocephalus.
What are non-communicating (obstructive) and
communicating?
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25Pathology 300
- This is the primary strategy for the medical
management of hydrocephalus.
What is the surgical implantation of a shunt?
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26Pathology 400
- This clinical test is performed to sample
cerebrospinal fluid.
What is a spinal tap?
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27Pathology 500
- This condition is produced by hydrocephalus in an
immature skull (unfused sutures).
What is macrocephaly?
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