Cerebral Circulation Flashcards
There are ___ branches of the internal carotid artery
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The cervical part of the internal carotid goes up to the ____ and has no branches.
skull
The petrous part of the internal carotid is inside the ____ canal
carotid
The cavernous part of the internal carotid is located ____the petrous part and is located within the _____sinus.
outside, cavernous
The cerebral part of the internal carotid is located ____ the cavernous sinus, and has ____ branches.
after, several
The inferior hypophyseal artery comes off of the _____ part of the inernal carotid and goes to the ____ part of the pituitary gland.
The inferior hypophyseal artery comes off of the cavernous part of the inernal carotid and goes to the posterior part of the pituitary gland.
The cerebral part of the internal carotid has ___ branches
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Opthalmic, posterior communicating, anterior choroidal, superior hypophyseal, middle cerebral, and anterio cerebral are branches of what part of the internal carotid artery?
cerebral
The anterior choroidal artery comes off of the circle of willis ____ and goes ____towards the ____ lobe.
The anterior choroidal artery comes off of the circle of willis medially and goes posteriorly towards the temporal lobe.
The anterior choroidal artery supplies ___ structures
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The medial temporal lobe (uncus, hippocampus, amygdala), basal ganglia (tail of caudate, globus pallidus), inferior part of posterior limb of internal capsule, optic tract, lateral geniculate nucleus, and cerebral peduncle are supplied by what artery?
anterior choroidal artery
The anterior cerebral artery has ___ segments
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A1 segment of the anterior cerebral artery comes off of the internal carotid and goes to the ____ _____artery.
A1 segment of the anterior cerebral artery comes off of the internal carotid and goes to the anterior communicating artery.
A2 segment of the anterior cerebral artery is the ______part after the anterior communicating artery before it loops around the ____ ____
A2 segment of the anterior cerebral artery is the inferior part after the anterior communicating artery before it loops around the corpus callosum.
A3 segment of the anterior cerebral artery is located at the ____ edge of the corpus callosum.
A3 segment of the anterior cerebral artery is located at the anterior edge of the corpus callosum.
A4 and A5 segments of the anterior cerebral artery are the ___ parts.
superior
The medial striate artery/recurrent artery of Huebner comes off the anterior cerebral artery and joins the other arteries coming off of the ____cerebral artery.
The medial striate artery/recurrent artery of Huebner comes off the anterior cerebral artery and joins the other arteries coming off of the middle cerebral artery.
The anterior cerebral artery supplies blood to the ___ parts of the cerebral hemispheres.
superior
the ___ ___ artery supplies the inferior head of the caudate nucleus, the anterior limb of the internal capsule, and the putamen
medial striate artery
The middle cerebral artery has ___ segments
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The M1 segment of the middle cerebral artery goes towards the ____ and bifurcates
uncus
The M2 segment of the middle cerebral artery goes along the ____ ____
insular cortex