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Cranial Cavity (table pg 117)
Ch 9 (Nervous System Anatomy) Structures in CC and their Description and Function
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 4
09/25/2017

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Term
Dura Matter
Definition

Description:

tough, fibrous, inelastic membrane

 

Function:

protects brain

Term
Dural Septa
Definition

Description:

Walls of the dura mater that subdivide the cranial cavity

- separates cerebrum into 2 hemispheres sagittally 

 

Function:

Prevents excessive movement of brain within cranial cavity

 

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Definition

 Dural Septa

 

*there are three subcategories

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Falx Cerebri
Definition

Description:

runs from anterior to posterior and in the midline

- separates cerebrum (cerebri) into left and right halves

 

Function:

prevent excessive movement of the brain within the cranial cavity

- separate cerebrum from cerebellum

 

Term
Tentorium Cerebelli
Definition

Description:

 horizontal; between the cerebrum and cerebellum

- fairly large flap, largest of three dural septa subdivision

 

Function:

prevent excessive movement of the brain within the cranial cavity

 

Term
Falx Cerebelli
Definition

Description:

"below" tentorium cerebelli and in the midline

 

Function:

prevent excessive movement of the brain within the cranial cavity

Term
Cranial Nerve I
Definition

Olfactory Nerve

 

Description:

not visible; olfactory bulbs which receive impulses from these nerves may be visible 

 

Function:

olfaction (smell)

 

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