Beginner Dura Mater Quiz

Q1. Which meningeal layer is the tough outer covering of the spinal cord?

• Pia mater
• Ependyma
• Dura mater
• Arachnoid mater

Q2. Which meningeal layer lies immediately deep to the spinal dura mater?

• Ligamentum flavum
• Pia mater
• Arachnoid mater
• Periosteum

Q3. What space lies between the spinal dura mater and the wall of the vertebral canal?

• Central canal
• Epidural space
• Subarachnoid space
• Subdural cavity filled with CSF

Q4. What does the spinal epidural space normally contain?

• Synovial fluid
• Spinal cord gray matter
• Cerebrospinal fluid only
• Fat and internal vertebral venous plexuses

Q5. At approximately which vertebral level does the spinal dural sac end in adults?

• C7
• T12
• L1
• S2

Q6. What is the space between dura mater and arachnoid mater called?

• Epidural space
• Potential subdural space
• Central canal
• Subarachnoid space

Q7. Which fluid-filled space lies deep to the arachnoid rather than directly deep to dura?

• Subarachnoid space
• Epidural space
• Intervertebral disc
• Facet joint cavity

Q8. What structure formed by spinal dura surrounds the spinal cord and cauda equina?

• Dural sac
• Femoral sheath
• Carotid sheath
• Rectus sheath

Q9. At the superior end of the vertebral canal, spinal dura is continuous with cranial dura at which opening?

• Jugular foramen
• Foramen magnum
• Optic canal
• Foramen ovale

Q10. Which structure anchors the inferior end of the dural sac toward the coccyx?

• Posterior longitudinal ligament
• Anterior longitudinal ligament
• Filum terminale externum
• Ligamentum flavum