What is cerebrospinal fluid?
Q:What is cerebrospinal fluid?
A: Cerebrospinal fluid is a liquid that bathes and protects the central nervous system (the brain and the spinal cord).
Q:What does "cerebro" and "spinal" mean in "cerebrospinal fluid"?
A: "Cerebro" means "brain," and "spinal" is a short version of "spinal cord" in "cerebrospinal fluid."
Q:Where is cerebrospinal fluid made?
A:Cerebrospinal fluid is made by networks of blood vessels called choroid plexuses in each of the brain's four ventricles.
Q:What is the subarachnoid space?
A:The subarachnoid space is the space between the two layers of meninges that are closest to the brain (the arachnoid layer and the pia mater).
Q: How does cerebrospinal fluid flow?
A:Cerebrospinal fluid flows through the subarachnoid space and fills the brain's ventricles, and flows down the middle of the spinal cord (the central canal).
Q:What is the function of cerebrospinal fluid?
A:The function of cerebrospinal fluid is to bathe and protect the central nervous system (the brain and the spinal cord).
Q:What structures produce cerebrospinal fluid?
A: Networks of blood vessels called choroid plexuses in each of the brain's four ventricles produce cerebrospinal fluid.
