Exam 2: Head

The dip of the meningeal layer of the dura mater into the transverse fissure is the tentorium cerebelli.

The arachnoid villi are found in the superior sagittal dural sinuses.

The diencephalon is associated with the part of the brain known as the ____________________.

The name for the white matter in the center of the cerebrum is the ____________________.

The cerebral aqueduct runs through the ____________________.

The cranial bone that acts as an anchor for all the cranial bones is the ethmoid.

The infundibulum connects the hypothalamus and thalamus.

The infundibulum connects the hypothalamus and pituitary gland.

The ventricles of the brain communicate with

The collateral trigone is the area where the occipital and temporal horns of the lateral ventricles meet.

The connecting tissue of the two hemispheres of the cerebellum is the ____________________.

The choroid plexus is active in the blood-brain barrier.

The cerebral aqueduct connects the ____________________ with the fourth ventricle.

The arachnoid villi

The endosteal layer of the dura mater acts as the periosteum of the ____________________ and the ____________________.

Below the level of the foramen magnum, the meningeal layer of the dura mater covers the spinal cord.

The internal carotid arteries are branches of the _________________________.

The number of cranial bones is

The single artery involved in supplying the posterior brain with freshly oxygenated blood is the

The fissure separating the cerebrum from the cerebellum is the ____________________.