Exam 1 Brain Arterial Supply

Question 0

Pass behind the ear into the temporal lobe & enter the subarachnoid space

Answer 0

Internal carotid artery

Question 1

Carry blood INTO cranial vault

Answer 1

Internal Carotid Artery

Question 2

Runs posteriorly to the medial end of the fissure of Sylvus

Answer 2

Internal carotid artery

Question 3

Bifurcates into 2 main branches: anterior & middle cerebral artery

Answer 3

Internal carotid artery

Question 4

Goes above the optic chiasm to the medial surface of the cerebral hemispheres.

Answer 4

Anterior Cerebral artery

Question 5

Aches around the genu (horn) of the corpus callosum

Answer 5

Anterior cerebral artery

Question 6

Supplies blood to the medial cortex

Answer 6

Anterior cerebral artery

Question 7

Travels along the longitudinal fissure

Answer 7

Anterior cerebral artery

Question 8

Most commonly involved in strokes

Answer 8

middle cerebral artery

Question 9

Brings blood to the entire lateral aspect of each hemisphere

Answer 9

Middle cerebral artery

Question 10

provides most of the blood supply to the corpus striatum

Answer 10

Middle cerebral artery

Question 11

Internal carotid artery also includes the _______ ______ artery & ______ ________ artery

Answer 11

Anterior communicating artery & posterior communicating artery

Question 12

Joins the anterior cerebral arteries of each hemisphere together

Answer 12

Anterior Communicating artery

Question 13

Joins the middle cerebral arteries to the posterior cerebral arteries, which are part of the basilar artery system

Answer 13

Posterior communicating artery

Question 14

Both ascend the spinal column & enter the brain through the magnum foramen.

Answer 14

Vertebral artery

Question 15

Once inside the brain, they continue to ascend traveling beside the brain stem. At the lower border of the pons the two______ ______ join together to form the basilar artery

Answer 15

Vertebral artery

Question 16

Supplies the cerebellum & takes blood to the lateral medulla

Answer 16

Posterior inferior cerebellar

Question 17

The sides of the Pons & the cerebellum receive blood from the ______ ______ _____ artery & the ________ ______ artery. Both branch off of the basilar artery

Answer 17

Anterior inferior cerebellar & Superior cerebellar artery

Question 18

Anterior inferior cerebellar artery also has a branch, artery that supplies the inner ear

Answer 18

Labyrinthine/ internal auditoritory

Question 19

At the superior border of the pons, the basilar artery divides to form the 2 ________ _______ arteries

Answer 19

Posterior cerebral arteries

Question 20

Before the basilar artery divides, several other arteries arise from it. Name these:

Answer 20

Anterior, Inferior, and posterior cerebellar arteries as well as the pontine
branches.

Question 21

The cerebellum & the pons are supplied by branches of the:

Answer 21

Basilar artery

Question 22

Posterior cerebral arteries supply the medial area of the ______ ____ & the inferior aspects of the _____ ___

Answer 22

Occipital lobes; Temporal lobes

Question 23

Also supply the midbrain & deliver blood to the thalamus

Answer 23

Posterior cerebral arteries