Arteries

Question 1

What are the two blood supplies to the brain called?

Answer 1

Anterior and posterior

Question 2

What is the anterior blood supply supplied by?

Answer 2

The internal carotid arteries

Question 3

What does the external carotid artery supply?

Answer 3

Blood to the face and skull

Question 4

What is the posterior blood supply supplied by?

Answer 4

Vertebrals

Question 5

What do the vertebral arteries meet to form?

Answer 5

The basilar artery

Question 6

Where do the anterior and posterior arteries connect?

Answer 6

The circle of willis

Question 7

What are the three cerebral arteries called?

Answer 7

Anterior, middle and posterior

Question 8

What areas of the brain does the anterior cerebral artery supply?

Answer 8

Medial and superior parts of the frontal lobe and the anterior parietal lobe

Question 9

What areas of the brain does the middle cerebral artery supply?

Answer 9

Lateral and inferior frontal lobe and the anterior lateral parietal lobe

Question 10

What areas of the brain are supplied by the posterior cerebral artery?

Answer 10

Occipital lobe, temporal lobe surface, midbrain, thalamus and the choroid plexus of the 3rd lateral ventricles