blood supply to brain

Question 1

anterior cerebral a.

Answer 1

anterior midsagittal brain surface

• medial frontal lobe
• inner parts of motor/sensory strips (foot, leg trunk)
• cingulate gyrus

Question 2

middle cerebral a.

Answer 2

• lateral hemispheres
• basal ganglia
• internal capsule
• optic radiations
• Wernicke’s area
• Broca’s area

Question 3

superior division of middle cerebral a.

Answer 3

• motor/sensory strips
• Broca’s area
• frontal eye fields
• superior parietal lobes

Question 4

inferior division of middle cerebral a.

Answer 4

• Wernicke’s area

- optic radiations

Question 5

lenticulostriate arteries

Answer 5

penetrating branches from stem of the MCA

• posterior part of internal capsule
• basal ganglia (putamen, GP, caudate)

Question 6

posterior cerebral a.

Answer 6

• occipital lobe
• inferior temporal lobe
• thalamus

Question 7

motor/sensory strips supplied by:

Answer 7

• ACA (medial: foot, leg)

- MCA (lateral: arm, face)