Lecture 6 Flashcards
What are the four groups of central arteries penetrating the deep brain?
Anteromedial group, Anterolateral group, Posterolateral group and Posteromedial group
What group is referred to as lenticulostriate or lateral striate arteries?
Anterolateral group
What is the artery of Heubner?
Medial striate artery
What is a branch of the anterior cerebral artery?
Medial striate artery
What supplies the anterior part of the internal capsule?
Medial striate artery
What are the three arteries of the cerebellum?
Posterior inferior cerebellar artery, anterior inferior cerebellar artery and superior cerebellar artery
What are the branches of the basilar artery?
Anterior inferior cerebellar artery and superior cerebellar artery
What is the branch of the vertebral arteries?
Posterior inferior cerebellar artery
What supply the choroid plexus of the lateral and 3rd ventricles?
One anterior and two posterior choroidal arteries
What supplies the choroid plexus of the 4th ventricle?
Branches from the anterior inferior cerebellar artery and posterior inferior cerebellar artery
What drains into the internal jugular vein?
Dural venous sinuses
What veins travel in the transverse fissure?
Great cerebral and internal cerebral vein
What are the three meninges?
Pia, Arachnoid and dura
What is the outer tough layer of connective tissue of meninges?
Dura
What is the thin layer apposed to the dura mater?
Arachnoid
What is the very thin inner layer of the meninges?
Pia
What circulates around the brain and spinal cord from the 4 ventricles to the subarachnoid space?
CSF
How is CSF reabsorbed?
Arachnoid granulations
What produces CSF?
Choroid plexus
What are the large spaces of the brain called filled with CSF?
Cisterns
