Brain Blood Supply

Question 1

Blood supply to anterior medial surface of the brain

Answer 1

ACA

Question 2

Blood supply to frontal and anterior parietal lobe

Answer 2

ACA

Question 3

Brain artery that crosses over chiasm

Answer 3

ACA

Question 4

ACA joined by ________ artery

Answer 4

anterior communicating artery

Question 5

Blood supply to homunculus that controls LE

Answer 5

ACA

Question 6

Damage of the ACA causes _______ and ________ of the contralateral LE

Answer 6

Hemimotor and hemisensory

Question 7

Blood supply to the cortex on the dorsolateral convexity of the brain

Answer 7

MCA

Question 8

The _____ division supplies the cortex above the Sylvian fissure. Including the ____ ____ lobe

Answer 8

superior; lateral frontal

Question 9

The _____ division of the MCA supplies the cortex below the Sylvian fissure. Including the ______ lobe and some of the _______ lobe

Answer 9

Inferior; lateral temporal; parietal

Question 10

M1 serves the ______ lobe via ______ arteries

Answer 10

temporal; lenticulostriate

Question 11

MCA branches supply ______, ______, and ______ of the somatosensory and somatomotor

Answer 11

trunk, UE, face

Question 12

PCA supplies

Answer 12

inferior and medial temporal, also occipital lobes

Question 13

_____ branch of the ______ supplies blood to the primary visual cortex (and branch)

Answer 13

P4 of PCA

Question 14

Blood supply occlusion to _____ branch of _____ causes homonymous hemianopia

Answer 14

P4 of PCA

Question 15

_______ arteries of the _______ supplies the basal ganglia and IC

Answer 15

Lenticulostriate; MCA

Question 16

Hypertension can lead to lacunar infarction of _____ arteries of the ______

Answer 16

Lenticulostriate arteries; MCA

Question 17

Lacunar infarction of choroidal artery causes ___________

Answer 17

Contralateral hemiparesis (ICA - choroidal)

Question 18

Basal nuclei are supplied with blood by the ______ branch of the ______

Answer 18

Recurrent artery of the Heubner; ACA

Question 19

_______ supplies blood to the thalamus

Answer 19

Thalamoperforator arteries, thalamogeniculate, and posterior choroidal arteries of the PCA

Question 20

Arteriral supply to the cerebral hemispheres is derived from

Answer 20

Internal carotid and vertebral arteries

Question 21

The anterior and posterior blood circulation of the brain meets at _____

Answer 21

Circle of Willis

Question 22

_______ connects internal carotid artery with the PCA

Answer 22

Posterior communicating arteries

Question 23

Hyperextension and extreme rotation of the head causes _____ to the _____ branch of the vertebral artery

Answer 23

Vertebrobasilar insufficiency VB1; V4

Question 24

Basilar artery gives rise to ______ arteries

Answer 24

Pontine

Question 25

Basilar artery branches are ____, ____, ____

Answer 25

anterior inferior cerebellar, superior cerebellar, pontine

Question 26

______ supplies blood to Broca’s area

Answer 26

Superior MCA