KROK 1 2017 – Question 123 · KROK (Medicine) · Human Anatomy
As a result of past encephalitis, a man has developed an increase in cerebrospinal fluid pressure in the right lateral ventricle. What can be the cause of this condition?
- A. Atresia of the fourth ventricle foramina
- B. Atresia of the tubus medullaris
- C. Atresia of the sylvian aqueduct
- D. Closure of the left interventricular foramen
- E. Closure of the right interventricular foramen
Hint
Ask where a blockage would have to lie for pressure to rise in a single lateral ventricle while the rest of the ventricular system stays unaffected.
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