Blood Supply of the Brain

Question 1

Supply of Internal Carotid Artery

Answer 1

telencephalon and diencephalon

Question 2

Supply of Vertebral Arteries

Answer 2

brainstem, cerebellum, part of diencephalon, spinal cord, occipital and temporal lobes

Question 3

Opthalmic Branch

Answer 3

thru superior optic foramen

gives central retinal artery

Question 4

Anterior Cerebral Artery

Answer 4

supplies medial parts of frontal and parietal lobes

Question 5

Callosomarginal Artery

Answer 5

from ACA
follows cingulate sulcus
continues as pericallosal a

Question 6

Middle Cerebral Artery

Answer 6

supplies insula, lat surface of cerebral hemisphere, pre and postcentral gyri

Question 7

Lenticulostriate Arteries

Answer 7

from MCA

deep structures of diencephalon and telencephalon

Question 8

Anterior and Posterior Perforated Substances

Answer 8

around optic chiasm
around cerebral peduncles
ant- often involved in strokes

Question 9

Branches of Vertebral Basilar System

Answer 9

anterior and posterior spinal artery, posterior inferior cerebellar a (PICA)

Question 10

Posterior Spinal Artery

Answer 10

supplies posterior third of caudal half of cord

Question 11

Anterior Spinal Artery

Answer 11

supplies ant 2/3 of cord

2 join to make 1

Question 12

Pontine Arteries

Answer 12

branches of basilar artery

supply pons

Question 13

Circle of Willis

Answer 13

connects internal carotid and vertebral basilar systems