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CNS Vasculature Flashcards

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Anterior carotid system

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Cortex, white matter, subcortical structures

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Posterior (vertebro-basilar) system

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Spinal cord, brainstem, cerebellum

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Collateral circulation

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Area supplied by multiple sources

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4
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Vertebral artery supply

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Spinal cord, medulla, cerebellum

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Anterior and Posterior spinal arteries

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Spinal cord

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Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery (PICA)

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Dorsolateral medulla, cerebellum

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Basilar Artery

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Pons, cerebellum (medulla?)

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Anterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery (AICA)

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Dorsolateral pons, cerebellum

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Superior Cerebellar Artery

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Midbrain, cerebellum

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Posterior Cerebral Artery

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Inferior surface, occipital lobe

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Circle of Willis

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Collateral circulation between anterior and posterior systems

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Posterior Communicating arteries

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Connects anterior w/ posterior systems

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Internal Carotid

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Major source of anterior system

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Middle Cerebral artery

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Lateral fissure and lateral aspects of cortex (upper body, face)

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Anterior Cerebral Artery

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Medial surface of hemispheres (lower body motor cortex)

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Anterior Communicating Artery

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Medial; connects anterior cerebral arteries

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Superior Sagittal sinus

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Superior surface of frontal, parietal, occipital lobes

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Inferior sagittal sinus

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Inferior margins of Falx Cerebri

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Arachnoid villi/granulations

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outflow of CSF into superior sagittal sinus

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Choroid plexus

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CSF production

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Lateral ventricle

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C-shaped ventricle in frontal, parietal, temporal and occipital lobes

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Interventricular Foramen

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Connects lateral with IIIrd ventricle

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Third Ventricle

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Medial wall of diencephalon

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Cerebral Aqueduct

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Midbrain; connects IIIrd and IVth ventricles

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Fourth ventricle

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Ventricle in pons and medulla

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Central canal

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“ventricle” of spinal cord and caudal medulla

27
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Lumbar cisterna

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Caudal spinal cord

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Cisterna magna

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Posterior; medulla and cerebellum

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Quadrageminal (superior) cisterna

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Posterior; superior and inferior colliculi

30
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Interpeduncular cisterna

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Ventral;midbrain at basis pedunculi

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Pontine cisterna

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Ventral; pons-medulla junction

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