09_Cerebral Circulation Summary_Q and A_Jonathan Flashcards
Internal Carotid Artery (ICA)
Where is the cervical portion located?
Are their branches from the cervical portion?
- from bifurcation of the common carotid in the neck to the skull.
- No branches.
Internal Carotid Artery (ICA)
Where is the petrous portion?
What are the branches of the petrous portion?
- in the petrous part of the temporal bone inconsistent branches
- tympanic and pterygoid
Internal Carotid Artery (ICA)
Where is the cavernous portion?
What are the branches of the cavernous portion?
- Cavernous portion- within the cavernous sinus.
* Branches to pituitary, cranial nerves, cavernous sinus, dura
Internal Carotid Artery (ICA)
Where is the subarachnoid portion?
What are the branches of the subarachnoid portion?
- from exit from the cavernous sinus
* bifurcates into the Anterior Cerebral Artery (ACA) and Middle Cerebral Artery (MCA)
What are the branches of the intracranial Internal Carotid Artery?
- Opthalmic artery
- Posterior Communicating Artery
- Anterior Choroidal Artery
- Anterior Cerebral Artery
- Middle Cerebral Artery
What does the Opthalmic Artery supply?
• supplies the orbit and its contents
What is the function of the Posterior Communicating Artery?
What does its perforators supply?
- connects the ICA to the posterior cerebral artery
* Perforators supply optic chiasm/tract, and hypothalamus
What does the Anterior Choroidal Artery supply?
- optic tract
- globus pallidus
- internal capsule
- uncus
- medial temporal lobe
- choroid plexus of the lateral ventricle
What is the course of the Anterior Cererbral Artery?
- medial division of the ICA bifurcation, takes a right angle turn at midline to travel in the interhemispheric fissure
- Connected to the other ACA via the Anterior Communicating Artery
What do the Anterior Cerebral Arteries supply?
- Cortical branches supply the medial frontal and parietal lobes and corpus callosum
- Perforating branches supply hypothalamus, corpus callosum, pituitary stalk, fornix, caudate, septum pellucidum
What is the course of the Middle Cerebral Artery?
• lateral branch of the ICA bifurcation, runs in the Sylvian Fissure
What does the Middle Cerebral Artery Supply?
- Cortical branches supply the anterior temporal lobe and most of the lateral hemisphere
- Perforators supply caudate, putamen, globus pallidus, internal capsule
What is the course of the Vertebral Artery?
• originates from the subclavian, travels through the transverse foramen, curves around the lateral mass of the atlas then enters the cranium through the foramen magnum
What are the branches of the Vertebral Artery?
- Muscular and meningeal branches in the neck
- Posterior Spinal Artery
- Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery
- Anterior Spinal Artery
What does the Posterior Spinal Artery Supply?
- posterior medulla
- inferior cerebellar peduncle
- posterior third of the spinal cord
What does the Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery (PICA) supply?
- lateral medulla
* the tonsils, vermis and inferolateral surface of the cerebellum