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Increased intracranial pressure may cause A. Cranial enlargement in children. B. Squinting and loss of smell sensation in children. C. Cupping of the optic disc. D. An increase in cerebral blood flow. E. Arterial hypertension.

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A. True Hydrocephaly occurs because the cranial bone sutures have not closed.

B. True The cranial deformity in hydrocephalus may damage cranial nerves. 

C. False It causes papilloedema – bulging in the opposite direction. 

D. False Vessel compression may reduce cerebral flow severely. 

E. True This reflex response helps to maintain cerebral blood flow.



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