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Mind Map by Menna Emam, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Menna Emam
over 5 years ago
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A Child with Stiff Neck
- Ali, 2 year old boy brought to the ER with fever,
vomiting, severe pain (no history of trauma)
- MENINGITIS
- Anatomy of the meninges
- The primary function of the meninges
and of the cerebrospinal fluid is to
PROTECT the central nervous system.
- 1) Pia matter
- Pierced by blood vessels that travel to the
brain and spinal cord.
- 2) Arachnoid
- The pia mater and arachnoid together are
called the leptomeninges.
- 3) Dura mater
- The dura mater surrounds and supports the
large venous channels (dural sinuses)
carrying blood from the brain toward the
heart.
- The dura mater surrounds and supports the
large venous channels (dural sinuses)
carrying blood from the brain toward the
heart.
- 3) Dura mater
- The pia mater and arachnoid together are
called the leptomeninges.
- 2) Arachnoid
- Pierced by blood vessels that travel to the
brain and spinal cord.
- 1) Pia matter
- The primary function of the meninges
and of the cerebrospinal fluid is to
PROTECT the central nervous system.
- Anatomy of the meninges
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