Cerebral Blood Supply

Question 1

memory loss, difficulty reading

Answer 1

PCA

Question 2

Hemianesthesia; slow pain is preserved

Answer 2

PCA

Question 3

Homonymous hemianopsia; cortical blindness; hallucinations; lack of depth perception; impaired eye movements, except lateral and inferomedial; visual agnosia; limbs may show vasomotor and/or trophic abnormalities

Answer 3

PCA

Question 4

Left ___: aphasia. Right ___: difficulty understanding spatial relationships, neglect, impairment of nonverbal communication, dressing apraxia, constructional apraxia

Answer 4

MCA

Question 5

If right hemisphere (left hemiplegia); easily distracted, poor judgment, impulsiveness. If left hemisphere (right hemiplegia) apraxia, compulsiveness, overly cautious

Answer 5

MCA

Question 6

Flat affect; impulsiveness; perseveration; confusion; motor inactivity

Answer 6

ACA

Question 7

Hemianesthesia affecting face and UL more than LL

Answer 7

MCA

Question 8

Homonymous hemianopsia

Answer 8

MCA

Question 9

which cerebral artery was affected if there is: Apraxia; hemiplegia (LL more affected than UL & face); impaired gait

Answer 9

anterior cerebral artery

Question 10

Face and UL more impaired than LL; if striate arteries involved, LL paresis or paralysis in addition to face and UL impairment

Answer 10

MCA

Question 11

Hemiparesis; if lesion near origin of artery; vertical gaze palsy, oculomotor nerve palsy, loss of medial deviation of the eyes with preserved convergence, vertical skew deviation of the eyes

Answer 11

PCA

Question 12

Difficulty w/divergent thinking

Answer 12

ACA

Question 13

which cerebral artery was affected if there is: Loss of sensation in LL

Answer 13

anterior cerebral artery