39 - Circulation of the CNS Flashcards

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Proportion of cardiac output required by CNS

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~10-20%

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Broad layout of CNS vasculature

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Dense network of small vessels.

Densest in the grey matter, less dense in the white matter

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What form the Circle of Willis?

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Formed by vertebro-basilar system and internal carotid system

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What form the basilar artery?

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Vertebral arteries fusing.

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Vertebral artery

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Formed by a branch of subclavian arteries.

Ascends through spine, enters foramen magnum

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Internal carotid artery

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Branch of the common carotid artery.
Ascends through neck.
Enters through foramen lacerum

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What does the internal carotid form in the Circle of Willis?

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Two branches: anterior cerebral artery

Middle cerebral artery

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What does the basilar artery form in the Circle of Willis?

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Posterior cerebral artery

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What links the anterior, middle and posterior cerebral arteries?

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Posterior and anterior communicating arteries

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Path of anterior cerebral artery

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Arches around the corpus callosum.
Projects branches to medial frontal and parietal lobes through longitudinal fissure.
EG motor, somatosensory cortices of lower limb

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Possible appearances of a blockage of anterior cerebral artery

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Contralateral hemianaesthesia of lower limbs.

Contralateral spastic paralysis of lower limbs

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Origin of middle cerebral artery

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Internal carotid

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Path of middle cerebral artery

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Travels through lateral fissure to supply lateral surface of the brain.

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Parts of brain, functions, supplied by middle cerebral artery

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Frontal, parietal, occipital
Superior surface of temporal lobe

Motor, sensory cortices for most of the body.
If person has language lateralised to left hemisphere, language areas.

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Possible effects of blocking middle cerebral artery

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Spastic paralysis to most of the body.

Language problems.

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Posterior cerebral artery supply

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Supplies inferior temporal lobe, all medial occipital lobe

17
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Possible functions impaired by blocking posterior cerebral artery

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Contralateral visual field affected

18
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Small perforating arteries

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Branch from Circle of Willis.

Supply deep structures of cerebrum near where they branch.

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Things supplied by anterior-most perforating arteries

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Optic chiasm, anterior hypothalamus

20
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Things supplied by lenticulostriate arteries

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Basal ganglia, internal capsule

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Things supplied by ventral perforating arteries

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Ventral midbrain, posterior hypothalamus and thalamus

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Things supplied by pontine perforating arteries

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Ventral pons

23
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From where does the ophthalmic artery branch?

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Internal carotid, before it branches into the anterior and middle cerebral arteries

24
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From where does the choroidal artery branch?

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Internal carotid, before it branches into the anterior and middle cerebral arteries

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Things supplied by the ophthalmic artery
Passes into orbit: eye (including retina), top of nasal cavity and frontal scalp
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Things supplied by the anterior choroidal artery
Structures in deep lateral hemispheres: Optic tract, lateral ventricles, hippocampus
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Thing that the vertebro-basilar system broadly supplies
Brainstem
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``` Branches of the basilar artery 1 2 3 4 ```
Posterior cerebral artery Superior cerebellar artery Anterior inferior cerebellar artery Posterior inferior cerebellar artery (variable, about 10% of the time)
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``` Branches of the vertebral artery 1 2 3 4 5 ```
``` Meningeal branches Posterior spinal Anterior spinal Posterior inferior cerebellar artery (variable. Originates here most of the time) Basilar artery ```
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Supply of the midbrain
Posterior cerebral arteries (on the way to the occipital lobe) give branches into the midbrain. Superior cerebellar artery gives branches to most-posterior part.
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Supply of the pons
Basilar artery runs across anterior part, gives off pontine branches
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Supply of the medulla
Posterior inferior cerebellar artery (most of the postero-lateral) Anterior spinal artery (medial, anterior part) Vertebral artery (anterolateral)
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Effect of blocking anterior spinal artery 1 2 3
``` Damage to pyramids (corticospinal tract) leads to contralateral hemiparesis. Medial lemniscus (contralateral somatosensory deficit) Hypoglossal nucleus (ipsilateral flaccid paralysis, because affecting lower motor neurons). ``` Called 'medial medullary syndrome'
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Anterior spinal arteries
Runs in midline fissure through ventral spine. | Formed by branches of vertebral arteries fusing.
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Posterior spinal arteries
Two, one on each side of dorsal spine. | Each formed by one vertebral artery.
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Where do spinal arteries anastamose?
In circumferential arteries, which wrap around spine
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Reinforcement of blood supply to spine
Segmental branches of the aorta feed into spinal blood supply thorough radicular arteries (EG intercostal or lumbar arteries)