nervous system 8

Question 1

protective mechanisms of the brain?

Answer 1

skull and vertebrate
meninges (dura mater, arachnoid, pia mater)
cerebrospinal fluid in subarachnoid space (including role of cerebral ventricles, ependymal cells, choroid plexuses)
Hydrocephalus
Blood-brain barrier (specialised capillaries and astrocytes)