LINES THE SKULL AND VERTEBRAL CANAL
DURA MATER
FILAMENTOUS INNER MEMBRANE
ARACHNOID MATER
PORTION CSF FLOWS
SUBARACHNOID SPACE
LINES THE SURFACE OF BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD
PIA MATER
PRODUCES CSF BY FILTRATION
CHOROID PLEXUS
REABSORBS CSF
ARACHNOID VILLI
METHOD OF COLLECTION CSF IN ADULTS
LUMBAR PUNCTURE B/W L3 AND L4
METHOD OF COLLECTION CSF IN INFANTS
LUMBAR PUNCTURE B/W L4 AND L5
TUBE 1 OF CSF FOR
CC/SERO
TEMP FOR TUBE 1
FREEZING TEMP
TUBE 2 OF CSF FOR
MICROBIO
TEMP FOR TUBE 2
ROOM TEMP
TUBE 3 OF CSF FOR
HEMA
TEMP FOR TUBE 3
REFRIGERATION
4TH TUBE OF CSF FOR
MICROBIO OR SERO
IF 1 CSF TUBE ONLY AVAILABLE WHAT IS THE ORDER OF USAGE?
MICRO > HEMA > CC/SERO
NORMAL COLOR OF CSF
CRYSTAL CLEAR
COLOR WITH SLIGHT AMOUNT OF OXYHGB IN CSF
PINK
COLOR OF CSF WHEN OXYHEMOGLOBIN IS DEGRADED INTO BILIRUBIN
YELLOW
COLOR OF CSF WHEN THERE IS A HEAVY HEMOLYSIS
ORANGE
TRAUMATIC TAP
INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE
PELLICLE CSF APPEARANCE
TUBERULAR MENINGITIS
NORMAL WBC VALUES IN CSF OF ADULTS
0-5 WBC/uL