CEREBROVASCULAR SYSTEM

Question 1

THE FIRST MAJOR ARTERIAL BRANCH OF THE AORTA

Answer 1

THE INNOMINATE ARTERY

ALSO CALLED BRACHIOCEPHALIC

Question 2

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ARTERIES DOES NOT ARISE FROM THE SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY?
A. VERTEBRAL
B. SUPERIOR THYROID
C. INTERNAL THORACIC
D. THYROCERVICAL TRUNK (AXIS)
E. INTERNAL MAMMARY

Answer 2

B. SUPERIOR THYROID

INTERNAL MAMMARY IS ANOTHER NAME FOR THE INTERNAL THORACIC ARTERY

Question 3

THE ANGULAR ARTERY IS THE TERMINAL PART OF THE:

Answer 3

FACIAL ARTERY

Question 4

THE ARTERIAL PULSATION FELT IN FRONT OF THE EAR AND JUST ABOVE THE ZYGOMATIC ARCH ARE FROM WHICH ARTERY

Answer 4

SUPERFICIAL TEMPORAL

TERMINAL BRANCH OFF THE ECA

Question 5

THE CCA DIVIDES INTO THE ICA AND ECA BRANCHES USUALLY AT THE LEVEL OF THE UPPER BORDER OF THE:

Answer 5

THYROID CARTILAGE

Question 6

FIRST BRANCH OF THE ECA

Answer 6

SUPERIOR THYROID ARTERY

Question 7

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT AN ARTERY IN THE CIRCLE OF WILLIS?
A. ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY
B. MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY
C. ANTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY
D. MIDDLE COMMUNICATING ARTERY
E. POSTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY

Answer 7

D. MIDDLE COMMUNICATING ARTERY

THERE ARE ONLY ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY

Question 8

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ARTERIES ARISE FROM THE ECA?
A. SUPERIOR THYROID ARTERY
B. LINGUAL ARTERY
C. FACIAL ARTERY
D. ASASCENDING PHARYNGEAL ARTERY
E. ALL OF THE ABOVE

Answer 8

E. ALL OF THE ABOVE

Question 9

THE PROMINENCE OF THE LARYNX IS FORMED BY

Answer 9

THYROID CARTILAGE

Question 10

THE VERTEBRAL ARTERY USUALLY ARISES FROM THE

Answer 10

SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY

Question 11

THE INFRAORBITAL ARTERY IS A TERMINAL BRANCH OF THE

Answer 11

MAXILLARY ARTERY

Question 12

THE VERTEBRAL ARTERIES BRANCH FROM THE SUBCLAVIAN ARTERIES TO UNITE AND FORM THE

Answer 12

BASILAR ARTERY

VERTEBROBASILAR SYSTEM IS RESPONSABLE FOR THE CIRCULATION TO THE POSTERIOR PORTION OF THE BRAIN

Question 13

THE FIRST INTRACRANIAL BRANCH OF THE ICA IS THE

Answer 13

OPHTHALMIC ARTERY

Question 14

THE CIRCLE OF WILLIS RECEIVES ITS BLOOD SUPPLY FROM WHICH COMBINATION OF ARTERIES

Answer 14

CAROTID AND VERTEBRAL ARTERIES

Question 15

THE 3 TERMINAL BRANCHES OF THE OPHTHALMIC ARTERY ARE

Answer 15

NASAL, FRONTAL, AND SUPRAORBITAL ARTERIES

Question 16

TWO OF THE MAJOR BRANCHES OF THE ECA INCLUDE

Answer 16

SUPERFICIAL TEMPORAL AND FACIAL ARTERIES

Question 17

INTRACRANIAL POTENTIAL COLLATERAL ARTERIES INCLUDE ALL BUT THE FOLLOWING
A. ANTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY
B. POSTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY
C. SUPERFICIAL TEMPORAL ARTERY
D. LEPTOMENINGEAL PATHWAYS
E. RETE MIRABLE

Answer 17

SUPERFICIAL TEMPORAL ARTERY

Question 18

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT TRUE REGARDING THE ICA
A. ITS FIRST MAJOR BRANCH IS THE OPHTHALMIC ARTERY
B. IT SUPPLIES A HIGH RESISTANCE SYSTEM
C. IT SUPPLIES A LOW RESISTANCE SYSTEM
D. IT IS PART OF THE ANTERIOR CEREBRAL SYSTEM
E. IT ORIGINATES AT THE CAROTID BIFURCATION

Answer 18

B. IT SUPPLIES A HIGH RESISTANCE SYSTEM

Question 19

THE 2 ARTERIES CREATING THE BIDIRECTIONAL SIGNAL OBSERVED 60 TO 65 MM DEEP DURING TRANSCRANIAL INSONATION OF THE TEMPORAL WINDOW ARE THE

Answer 19

MIDDLE CEREBRAL AND ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERIES

Question 20

WHAT IS THE MOST COMMON ANOMALY OF THE CIRCLE OF WILLIS

Answer 20

ABSENCE OR HYPOPLASIA OF THE ONE OR BOTH THE COMMUNICATING ARTERIES

Question 21

MATCHING

PROXIMAL VESSEL         
A. INNOMINATE
B. SUBCLAVIAN
C. CCA
D. VERTEBRAL
E. ECA

BRANCH OR CONTINUATION OF VESSEL
1. ICA
2 SUBLAVIAN
3. BASILAR
4. SUPERFICIAL 
5. VERTEBRAL

Answer 21

A. 2
B. 5
C. 1
D. 3
E.4

Question 22

HELICAL FLOW WITH FLOW SEPARATION IN THE POSTEROLATERAL ASPECT OF THE CAROTID BULB IS A SIGN OF

Answer 22

A NORMAL FLOW DYNAMIC

Question 23

THE MOST COMMON ANATOMIC VARIANT OF THE AORTIC ARCH IS

Answer 23

A COMMON ORIGEN OF THE INNOMINATE AND LEFT CCA