Blood Vessels of the Head and Neck

Question 1

Divisible into 3 parts by SCALENE ANTERIOR

Answer 1

1st PART

Vertebral

Thyrocervical

• inferior thyroid a
• transverse cervical a
• suprascapular a

Internal Thoracic

2nd PART
Costocervical

3rd PART

Question 2

Branches of the External Carotid Artery

Answer 2

Superior thyroid
Ascending pharyngeal
Lingual
Facial
Occipital
Posterior Auricular
Superficial temporal
Maxillary

Question 3

Branches of the Internal Carotid Artery

Answer 3

Cervical
Petrous
Cavernous
Cerebral

Question 4

Branches of the Petrous branch

Answer 4

Carotico-tympanic arteries

Artery of pterygoid canal

Question 5

Branches of the Cavernous branch

Answer 5

Superior hypophyseal artery
Meningeal branch
Inferior hypophyseal artery

Question 6

Branches of the Cerebral branch

Answer 6

Ophthalmic artery
Posterior communicating artery
Anterior choroidal artery
Anterior cerebral artery
Middle cerebral artery

Question 7

Motor and sensory cortices of the LOWER LIMB

Answer 7

Anterior Cerebral Artery

Contralateral paralysis and sensory loss of LOWER LIMB

Question 8

Motor and sensory cortices of the UPPER LIMB and FACE, TEMPORAL LOBE and FRONTAL LOBE

Answer 8

Middle Cerebral Artery

Contralateral paralysis and sensory loss of FACE and UPPER LIMB

(+) stroke in DOMINANT hemisphere - APHASIA

(+) stroke in NONDOMINANT hemisphere - HEMINEGLECT

Question 9

OCCIPITAL lobe

Answer 9

Posterior Cerebral Artery

Contralateral hemianopia w/ macular sparing