Footballs and the principle of intracranial compliance.
An easy to illustrate relationship between intracranial volume and intracranial pressure is proposed: Between the bubble and the leather of a slitted football an usual epidural pressure probe is introduced. By successively inflating the ball with a pump, the exponential increment of pressure can be demonstrated.
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Neurosurgical Department, University Hospital Münster, Fed. Rep. of Germany.
D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D015170:Cerebrospinal Fluid Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D003187:Compliance; D004501:Education, Medical; D004824:Epidural Space; D006801:Humans; D007427:Intracranial Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009493:Neurosurgery / Q000193:education