Major Vessels In Stroke

Question 1

Circulation of CSF

Answer 1

Lateral ventricles –> foramina of monro –> third ventricle –> aqueduct of sylvius –> fourth ventricle –> foramen of magendie –> foramina of luschka –> subarachnoid space

Question 2

Blood supply to medial aspect of hemisphere

Answer 2

Anterior cerebral artery

Question 3

Major blood supply to upper extremities

Answer 3

Middle cerebral artery

Question 4

What does the posterior cerebral artery supply?

Answer 4

Posterior inferior surface of the temporal lobe, visual cortex (occipital lobe), upper brain stem

Question 5

Where is csf produced

Answer 5

Ependymal cells in the choroid plexus in the lateral, third and fourth ventricles

Question 6

What artery supplies area of caudate nucleus?

Answer 6

MCA

Question 7

Major Blood supply to lower extremities

Answer 7

Anterior cerebral artery

Question 8

Blood supply to lateral aspect of hemisphere

Answer 8

Middle cerebral artery

Question 9

What arteries make the basilar artery

Answer 9

Vertebral arteries