Blood Supply Flashcards
Where does the common carotid bifurcate?
The level of the superior border of the thyroid cartilage
Common carotid artery splits into…
these supply?
external caroid artery (anterior) branches to the face
Internal carotid artery (posterior) goes into the skull to supply blood to the brain
Where does the dural venous sinus receive blood from?
The large veins that drain the brain
What type of haemorrhage do you get if the middle meningeal artery is ruptured at the pterion?
Extradural haemorrhage
What are the dural venous sinuses?
Endothelium-lined spaces between the periosteal and meningeal layers of the dura mater. They form the dura septae.
What can be found in the cavernous sinus?
Internal carotid artery Oculomotor nerve Trochlear n. Abducens n. Trigeminal n. - V1 and V2
Where do the branches of the internal carotid arise from and where do they go?
The brain , Internal carotid does not give off branches in the neck Enters skull through carotid canal Forms the circle of Willis
What is the main blood supply to the scalp?
Middle meningeal artery
How can infection of the scalp spread to the cranial cavity and affect the meninges?
Veins of the scalp connect to the diploic veins of the skull via several valveless emissary veins and therefore connect to the rural venous sinuses.
How can infection get to the dural venous sinuses?
From facial vein, to pterygoid plexus to the dural venous sinuses
What is in the carotid body?
Peripheral chemoreceptors for detection of arterial oxygen
Where do the deep facial veins drain into?
Pterygoid venous plexus
Brachionschphelic artery is……..
Then it divides into two
short
right common carotid artery, right subclavian artery
Artery and veins….
Veins tend to be more…..
run together
Superfical
Six branches of the external carotid and the terminal branches?
Superior thyroid, Ascending pharyngeal, Lingual ,Facial Occipital, Posterior auricular
Terminal branches: Maxillary Superficial temporal
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Where can thrombophlebitis of the facial vein travel to?
This is an infected clot. To the intracranial venous system