Assertion: midbrain's function | /r/CapableOf | maintain blood pressure
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text: orthostatic reflex: sympathetic function that maintains blood pressure when standing to offset the increased effect of gravity
text: arachnoid trabeculae filaments between the arachnoid and pia mater within the subarachnoid space basilar artery blood vessel from the merged vertebral arteries that runs along the dorsal surface of the brain stem carotid canal opening in the temporal bone through which the internal carotid artery enters the cranium central canal hollow space within the spinal cord that is the remnant of the center of the neural tube cerebral aqueduct connection of the ventricular system between the third and fourth ventricles located in the midbrain choroid plexus specialized structures containing ependymal cells lining blood capillaries that filter blood to produce CSF in the four ventricles of the brain circle of Willis unique anatomical arrangement of blood vessels around the base of the brain that maintains perfusion of blood into the brain even if one component of the structure is blocked or narrowed common carotid artery blood vessel that branches off the aorta (or the brachiocephalic artery on the right) and supplies blood to the head and neck dura mater tough, fibrous, outer layer of the meninges that is attached to the inner surface of the cranium and vertebral column and surrounds the entire CNS dural sinus any of the venous structures surrounding the brain, enclosed within the dura mater, which drain blood from the CNS to the common venous return of the jugular veins foramen magnum large opening in the occipital bone of the skull through which the spinal cord emerges and the vertebral arteries enter the cranium fourth ventricle the portion of the ventricular system that is in the region of the brain stem and opens into the subarachnoid space through the median and lateral apertures internal carotid artery branch from the common carotid artery that enters the cranium and supplies blood to the brain interventricular foramina openings between the lateral ventricles and third ventricle allowing for the passage of CSF jugular veins blood vessels that return “used” blood from the head and neck lateral apertures pair of openings from the fourth ventricle to the subarachnoid space on either side and between the medulla and cerebellum lateral ventricles portions of the ventricular system that are in the region of the cerebrum lumbar puncture procedure used to withdraw CSF from the lower lumbar region of the vertebral column that avoids the risk of damaging CNS tissue because the spinal cord ends at the upper lumbar vertebrae median aperture singular opening from the fourth ventricle into the subarachnoid space at the midline between the medulla and cerebellum meninges protective outer coverings of the CNS composed of connective tissue occipital sinuses dural sinuses along the edge of the occipital lobes of the cerebrum orthostatic reflex sympathetic function that maintains blood pressure when standing to offset the increased effect of gravity pia mater thin, innermost membrane of the meninges that directly covers the surface of the CNS sigmoid sinuses dural sinuses that drain directly into the jugular veins straight sinus dural sinus that drains blood from the deep center of the brain to collect with the other sinuses subarachnoid space space between the arachnoid mater and pia mater that contains CSF and the fibrous connections of the arachnoid trabeculae superior sagittal sinus dural sinus that runs along the top of the longitudinal fissure and drains blood from the majority of the outer cerebrum third ventricle portion of the ventricular system that is in the region of the diencephalon transverse sinuses dural sinuses that drain along either side of the occipital–cerebellar space ventricles remnants of the hollow center of the neural tube that are spaces for cerebrospinal fluid to circulate through the brain vertebral arteries arteries that ascend along either side of the vertebral column through the transverse foramina of the cervical vertebrae and enter the cranium through the foramen magnum