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What does spinal fluid taste like?
Spinal fluid is clear and colorless and does not have a taste when it is collected for medical testing. It is primarily composed of water, electrolytes, proteins, glucose, and other substances that are necessary for the normal function of the central nervous system.
How does the body lose spinal fluid?
Spinal fluid leaks can be caused by punctures or disease in the spinal cord.
What is a high spinal fluid pressure?
Normal spinal fluid pressure is 12
Would if you spinal fluid impinged?
What would happen if your spinal fluid was impinged
What is liquid around the brain and spinal cord?
Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)
What is the functions of cerebration fluid?
cerebral spinal fluid cushions, protects and nourishes the brain and spinal cord.
What liquid is the spinal cord covered in?
Cerebral spinal fluid
What is the fluid called that is drawn out of the spine?
spinal fluid
What is fluid in the spinal column?
It is called cerebrospinal fluid or CSF.
Why Cerebrospinal fluid under pressure in the spinal canal?
Cerebral spinal fluid is supposed to provide nutrition to the brain and spinal cord. It is secreted from the arteries and drains into the veins. That is how the blood flows. From high pressure arteries to low pressure veins. In between the fluid goes to interstitial compartment. Here the spinal fluid is like the interstitial compartment.
Can spinal fluid contain HIV?
Spinal fluid from a HIV infected person does contain HIV, and in enough quantity to cause the virus to transfer.
Is spinal fluid extracted from the lumbar vertebrae for spinal tap?
Yes, that's right.
