In medical problem solving, two steps are key: generating hypotheses and then ruling the incorrect ones out based on data. one difference between experts and novices is how many reasonable hypotheses they come up with in the first place. from what you know about the contents of the skull, identify the five most reasonable hypotheses for this patient's increasing intracranial pressure.

The five most reasonable hypotheses for the patient's increasing intracranial pressure are as follows:  

1. The patient might have broken blood vessels in the brain, resulting in bleeding that takes up space.  

2. The patient must have inflammation in the tissue of the brain.  

3. The patient's arachnoid villi may have got blocked, thus, cerebrospinal fluid cannot be withdrawn fast enough from his brain.  

4. The patient's choroid plexus must be generating an ample amount of cerebrospinal fluid.  

5. The patient may be having a tumor in the brain.