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Protection of the Central Protection of the Central Nervous System Nervous System Slide 7.44a right © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Benjamin Cummings Scalp and skin Skull and vertebral column Meninges Figure 7.16a

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Page 1: Protection of the Central Nervous System Slide 7.44a Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Benjamin Cummings  Scalp and skin  Skull

Protection of the Central Nervous Protection of the Central Nervous SystemSystem

Slide 7.44a

Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Benjamin Cummings

Scalp and skin

Skull and vertebral column

Meninges

Figure 7.16a

Page 2: Protection of the Central Nervous System Slide 7.44a Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Benjamin Cummings  Scalp and skin  Skull

Protection of the Central Nervous Protection of the Central Nervous SystemSystem

Slide 7.44b

Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Benjamin Cummings

Cerebrospinal fluid

Blood brain barrier

Figure 7.16a

Page 3: Protection of the Central Nervous System Slide 7.44a Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Benjamin Cummings  Scalp and skin  Skull

MeningesMeninges

Slide 7.45a

Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Benjamin Cummings

Dura mater

Double-layered external covering

Periosteum – attached to surface of the skull

Meningeal layer – outer covering of the brain

Folds inward in several areas

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MeningesMeninges

Slide 7.45b

Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Benjamin Cummings

Arachnoid layer

Middle layer

Web-like

Pia mater

Internal layer

Clings to the surface of the brain

Page 5: Protection of the Central Nervous System Slide 7.44a Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Benjamin Cummings  Scalp and skin  Skull

Cerebrospinal FluidCerebrospinal Fluid

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Similar to blood plasma composition

Formed by the choroid plexus

Forms a watery cushion to protect the brain

Circulated in arachnoid space, ventricles, and central canal of the spinal cord

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Ventricles and Location of the Ventricles and Location of the Cerebrospinal FluidCerebrospinal Fluid

Slide 7.47a

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Figure 7.17a

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Ventricles and Location of the Ventricles and Location of the Cerebrospinal FluidCerebrospinal Fluid

Slide 7.47b

Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Benjamin Cummings

Figure 7.17b

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Blood Brain BarrierBlood Brain Barrier

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Includes the least permeable capillaries of the body

Excludes many potentially harmful substances

Useless against some substances Fats and fat soluble molecules Respiratory gases Alcohol Nicotine Anesthesia

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Traumatic Brain InjuriesTraumatic Brain Injuries

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Concussion Slight brain injury No permanent brain damage

Contusion Nervous tissue destruction occurs Nervous tissue does not regenerate

Cerebral edema Swelling from the inflammatory response May compress and kill brain tissue

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Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA)Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA)

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Commonly called a stroke

The result of a ruptured blood vessel supplying a region of the brain

Brain tissue supplied with oxygen from that blood source dies

Loss of some functions or death may result

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