Arterial Supply of the Brain

Question 1

Branches of the vertebral artery?

Answer 1

1. anterior and posterior spinal arteries
2. posterior inferior cerebellar artery

Question 2

what does the anterior and posterior spinal arteries supply?

Answer 2

spinal cord and medulla

Question 3

what does the posterior inferior cerebellar artery supply?

Answer 3

medulla and cerebellum

Question 4

branches of the basilar artery?

Answer 4

1. anterior inferior cerebellar
2. superior cerebellar
3. posterior cerebral
4. posterior choroidal

Question 5

branches of internal carotid artery?

Answer 5

1. anterior choroidal
2. anterior cerebral
3. middle cerebral

Question 6

what does the anterior inferior cerebellar artery supply?

Answer 6

pons and cerebellum

Question 7

what does the superior cerebellar artery supply?

Answer 7

pons and cerebellum

Question 8

what does the posterior cerebral artery supply?

Answer 8

midbrain, occipital lobe, inferomedial temporal lobe and hippocampus

Question 9

what does the anterior cerebral artery supply?

Answer 9

medial frontal and parietal lobes, inferior part of anterior internal capsule

Question 10

what does the middle cerebral artery supply?

Answer 10

temporal lobe, parts of parietal lobe and frontal lobe, internal capsule, caudate nucleus, pre&post central gyrus and insula

Question 11

what does the posterior choroidal artery supply?

Answer 11

choroid plexus of 3rd ventricle, parts of thalamus and hypothalamus

Question 12

what does the anterior choroidal artery supply?

Answer 12

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