📘 Step 1 — Curriculum Coverage
This section outlines integrated curriculum components covered in this topic.
🔹 Anatomy
- Structure of choroid plexus
• Formation of CSF in ventricles
🔹 Physiology
- Regulation of cerebral blood flow
• Formation of cerebrospinal fluid
• Flow of cerebrospinal fluid
• Absorption of cerebrospinal fluid
• Blood–cerebrospinal fluid barrier
• Blood–brain barrier
🔹 Biochemistry
- Biochemical composition of CSF
🔹 General Medicine
- Etiology of hydrocephalus
• Pathogenesis of hydrocephalus
• Clinical features of hydrocephalus
🩺 Clinical Importance
- Raised intracranial pressure as a cause of headache
• Hydrocephalus as a disorder of CSF formation, flow or absorption
• Importance of CSF composition in clinical diagnosis
