A child riding a bike falls and hits their head.The child was not wearing a helmet.In the emergency room,cerebrospinal fluid taken during a spinal tap reveals blood.The doctors diagnosed the child had torn cerebral veins as they pass to the superior sagittal sinus.What area of the body was the fluid taken?

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Cerebrospinal fluid is taken from the subarachnoid space during a spinal tap. The torn cerebral veins as they pass to the superior sagittal sinus would cause bleeding in this space, leading to the presence of blood in the cerebrospinal fluid sample.

A Child Riding a Bike Falls and Hits Their Head