02. Blood Supply, Hemorrhage, and Herniation (Keim) Flashcards
What two vessels supply the internal capsule of the basal nuclei?
Lenticulostriate arteries of the middle cerebral A.
Anterior choroidal A.
In the medulla, what is supplied by the posterior spinal artery?
Fasciculus cuneatus
Fasiculus gracilis
Gracile and cuneate nuclei
What is the common source of bleeding in an epidural hematoma?
Middle meningeal A
Diagnosis?
Bright white irregular blood = intracerebral hemorrhage
Name the sections of the vertebral A.
Diagnosis?
Lens shape = epidural hematoma
An aneurysm in which arteries can cause compression of the oculomotor nerve?
Posterior cerebral A
Superior cerebellar A
Posterior communicating A
What deficits might we expect to find in a patient with a subfalcine herniation?
Motor and sensory loss to the lower extremity.
What artery connects the posterior and anterior circulation of the circle of Willis?
The posterior communicating A.
What is the clinical significance of “border zones” in the blood supply of the cortex?
What are the clinical symptoms associated with each?
Border zones are the areas between the regions of the anterior and middle, and middle and posterior cerebral arteries. These exist because of a lack of anastomosis between the anterior, middle, and posterior cerebral arteries – and are the areas most easily damaged by a hypotension / hypoperfusive event.
Because the lower limb portion of the homunculus is on the medial portion of the frontal and parietal lobes, anterior border zone ischemia can cause loss of motor control and sensation to the lower limb.
Likewise, damage to the posterior border zone causes visual disturbances and language issues.
What artery supplies the lateral pons?
The long circumferential branches of the basilar artery.
What artery may be compressed in a subfalcine herniation?
Anterior cerebral A.
What sx would we expect to see in a patient with a transtentorial herniation?
Vision issues due to ischemia of the occipital lobe – itself due to compression of the posterior cerebral A. and superior cerebellar A.
Also compression of CN III
What arteries make up the anterior circulation of the circle of Willis?
- Internal carotid A.
- Anterior cerebral A. (A1)
- Anterior communicating A.
- Anterior cerebral A. (A2
In the midbrain, what is supplied by the quadrigeminal and superior cerebellar arteries?
Superior and inferior colliculi
What are the four parts of the internal carotid A?
Where are they located?
Cervical part – from the bifurcation to the cervical canal, anterior to the first three vertebrae.
Petrous part – in the petrous part of the temporal bone.
Cavernous part – in the cavernous sinus
Cerebral part
An aneurysm in which arteries can cause compression of the abducens nerve?
Anterior inferior cerebellar A
Labyrinthine A (aka internal acoustic A).
(Also the internal carotid A if the aneurysm occurs in the cavernous sinus.)
What major structures might be compressed by a transtentorial herniation?
Oculomotor N.
Basilar A.
Posterior cerebral A.
also-upper brainstem and lower structures
What five arteries contribute to the anastomosis of the circle of Willis?
Anterior communicating A
Anterior cerebral A
Internal carotid A
Posterior communicating A
Posterior cerebral A
Diagnosis?
Aneurysm of a subarachnoid hemorrhage.
What portions of the cortex are supplied by the anterior, middle, and posterior cerebral arteries respectively?
In the medulla, what is supplied by the posterior inferior cerebellar artery?
The lateral medulla
What can cause Weber’s syndrome?
Damage to the anteromedial branches of the basilar artery and posterior cerebral artery (P1), causing ischemia to the medial portions of the midbrain.