Arterial Supply

Question 1

Spinal watershed zone at levels ___

Answer 1

C8-T9

Question 2

Territory of the middle cerebral artery

Answer 2

Lateral frontal
Parietal
Temporal

Question 3

MCA supplies ____

Answer 3

sensory and motor areas above hip

Question 4

MCA strokes will cause ____

Answer 4

paresis of contralateral face and upper limb w/ sensory loss

Question 5

Known as artery of cerebral hemorrhage

Answer 5

Most lateral lenticulo-striate branch of MCA

Question 6

Territory of anterior cerebral artery

Answer 6

Medial surfaces of frontal and parietal lobes

Question 7

ACA supplies ____

Answer 7

sensory and motor areas below hip

Question 8

ACA stroke will cause ____

Answer 8

paresis of contralateral lower limb and foot w/ sensory loss

Question 9

Territory of anterior choroidal artery

Answer 9

Internal structures:

Thalamus, amygdala, hippocampus, globus pallidus, optic tract, choroid plexus

Question 10

Anterior inferior cerebellar artery supplies ___

Answer 10

lower pons and cerebellum

Question 11

Territory of posterior cerebral artery

Answer 11

Medial surface of occipital lobe

Inferior and lower lateral surfaces of temporal lobe

Question 12

Posterior cerebral artery (PCA) supplies ____

Answer 12

visual cortex

Question 13

PCA strokes will cause ____

Answer 13

Prominent visual deficits

Question 14

Unilateral carotid occlusion will cause blood to pass through ____

Answer 14

Anterior communicating artery

Question 15

Bilateral carotid occlusion will cause blood to pass through ____

Answer 15

Posterior communicating arteries

Question 16

Bilateral vertebral occlusion will cause blood to pass through ____

Answer 16

Posterior communicating arteries

Question 17

MCA/ACA watershed encompasses ____

Answer 17

proximal upper limb muscles

Question 18

Watershed zones in cerebral cortex (2)

Answer 18

Anterior and middle cerebral arteries

Middle and posterior cerebral arteries

Question 19

“Man-in-a-Barrel” Syndrome

Answer 19

MCA/ACA watershed zone

Bilateral infarct results in inability to abduct arms and flex elbows

Question 20

Most cerebral aneurysms occur most commonly in ___

Answer 20

anterior carotid circulation

Question 21

Cerebral aneurysms can rupture causing severe hemorrhage into ____

Answer 21

subarachnoid space

Question 22

Posterior inferior cerebellar a. supplies _____

Answer 22

Lateral medulla, choroid plexus of 4th ventricle, inferior surface of cerebellum

Question 23

Lenticulo-striate arteries are branches of ___ and supply ___

Answer 23

Middle cerebral artery
Caudate nucleus and internal capsule
Commonly involved in cerebral hemorrhages

Question 24

Superior cerebellar artery supply ___

Answer 24

superior cerebellum
pons
midbrain