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Neuroanatomy Practical 1 Flashcards

1
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Which cranial fossa does the temporal lobe lie in?

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Middle cranial fossa

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Which artery gives rise to the posterior cerebral artery?

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Vertebral/basilar system

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What sits in the posterior cranial fossa?

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Brainstem and cerebellum –> not the occipital lobes as these sit above the cerebellum

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What separates the frontal and parietal lobes?

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Central sulcus

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When talking about the cerebrum, what is the dorsal aspect the same as?

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The superior aspect

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When talking about the cerebrum, what is the ventral aspect the same as?

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Ventral = inferior surface of cerebrum

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What is the corpus callosum?

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  • Connects the two hemispheres
  • Consists of white matter fibres
  • Part of telencephalon (cerebral hemispheres)
  • Is supplied by the anterior cerebral artery (ACA)
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What suture is this? What does it separate?

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Coronal suture - divides frontal bone from parietal bones

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What suture is this?

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Sagittal suture separating the 2 parietal lobes

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Floor of cranial cavity: what fossa is this? What sits here?

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Anterior cranial fossa - frontal lobes sits here (one in the right hemisphere of your brain and one in the left hemisphere of your brain)

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What sits in the middle cranial fossa?

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Temporal lobes

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12
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What sits in the posterior cranial fossa?

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Cerebellum and brainstem

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What is this projection? What attaches here?

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  • Projection of the ethmoid bone –> crista gali
  • Anterior attachment point of falx cerebri
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What is the posterior attachment point of the falx cerebri?

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Internal occipital protuberance of the occipital bone

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What fissure sepaartes the cerebral hemispheres?

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Longitudinal fissure/sulcus

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16
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What is being pointed to?

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Corpus callosum

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17
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What is the frontal pole?

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One of the three poles of the brain (along with the occipital pole and temporal pole), and corresponds to the anterior most rounded point of the frontal lobe.

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18
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What is the temporal pole?

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an anatomical landmark that corresponds to the anterior end of the temporal lobe, lying in the middle cranial fossa.

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What is the occipital pole?

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an anatomical landmark that corresponds to the posterior portion of the occipital lobe

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What sulcus/fissure is this?

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Lateral sulcus - divides temporal lobe inferiorly from parietal and frontal lobes superiorly

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What suclus is this (ventral view)?

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Longitudinal

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22
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What are these extensions of the telencephalon?

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  • Dilated area –> olfactory bulb
  • Olfactory tract brings fibres to cerebral cortex
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What is this?

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  • Optic chiasm
    • Crossing point of 2 optic nerves
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24
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Where are the optic nerves and optic chiasm extensions from?

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Diencephalon

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25
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What structure would normally be hanging from here?

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Pituitary stalk/infundibulum - connecting to pituitary gland

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What are these two structures? Where have they come from?

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  • Mamillary bodies
  • Part of diencephalon
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27
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What is found just lateral to the mamillary bodies?

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The midbrain - the cerebral peduncles

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28
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What sulcus is this?

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Central sulcus

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29
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What is the blue pin? Yellow pin?

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  • Blue pin:
    • Fold of grey matter
    • The precentral gyrus –> primary motor cortex
  • Yellow pin:
    • Fold of grey matter
    • The postcentral gyrus –> primary somatosensory cortex
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30
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What is being pointed to?

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Optic nerve (rest has been cut off)

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What is this stalk?

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Pituitary stalk/infundibulum

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32
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From which subdivision did the medulla oblongata come from?

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Myelencephalon

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33
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From which subdivision did the cerebral hemispheres develop from?

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Telencephalon

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34
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From which subdivision did the midbrain develop from?

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Mesencephalon

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35
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From which subdivision did the cerebellum develop from?

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The metencephalon

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36
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From which subdivision did the pons develop from?

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Metencephalon

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37
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From which subdivision did the thalamus develop from?

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Thalamus

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What 1ary structure did the telencephalon and diencephalon develop from?

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Prosencephalon

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What 1ary structure did the metencephalon and mylencephalon develop from?

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Rhombencephalon

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What 1ary structure did the mesencephalon develop from?

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Mesencephalon

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41
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What does the cerebral cortex consist of?

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six layers of stacked nerve cell bodies

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42
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what term is used to describe cell bodies of neurons in the PNS?

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Ganglion

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43
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What term is used to describe cell bodies of neurons in the CNS?

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nucleus

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44
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What is a fasciculus?

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Collection of highly organised myelinated axons (fibres)

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45
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What is a tract?

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a bundle of nerve fibers (axons) connecting nuclei of the central nervous system

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46
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What are axons of neurons in the PNS called? In the CNS?

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  • PNS: Nerve
  • CNS: White matter, tract, fasciculus
47
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Grey matter stained blue and white matter remains white.

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  • Grey matter confined to surface of cerebral cortex
  • Some grey matter deep within hemispheres
    • E.g. basal ganglia, thalamus
  • Corpus callosum
    • Bundle of white matter connecting the two hemispheres
48
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View of some ventricles

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49
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View of corpus callosum. Which ventricle can be seen here?

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  • The space seen here is the lateral ventricle
50
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What structure is being pointed to?

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1/2 of the thalamus (been cut in the middle)

51
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Diagram of thalamus and hypothalamus

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52
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Which layer of meninges forms the tentorium cerebelli?

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Dura mater

53
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Where is the superior sagittal sinus contained?

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The intracranial dura mater contains the superior sagittal sinus in the attached edge of the falx cerebri

54
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Under which meninges layer is CSF found?

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Under the arachnoid layer

55
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Cadaveric view of dura mater

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56
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Cadaveric view of arachnoid mater

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57
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Location of superior sagittal sinus

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58
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Where can the straight sinus be found?

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Along the meeting point of the falx cerebri and tentorium cerebelli

59
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In which meningeal layer are the meningeal arteries found in?

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found in the outer portion of the dura

60
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What forms the falx cerebri?

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The falx cerebri is a sickle-shaped structure formed from the invagination of the dura mater into the longitudinal fissure between the cerebral hemispheres

61
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Which invagination of dural layers is being seen here?

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Tentorium cerebelli (one on each side)

62
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What does the tentorium cerebelli separate?

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Separates the cerebral hemispheres above from the cerebellum below

63
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Attachments of falx cerebri?

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Anteriorly: attaches anteriorly at the crista galli of the ethmoid bone

Posteriorly: upper surface of the tentorium cerebelli

64
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What sinus is this? How is it formed?

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  • Transverse sinus (paired) - formed by separation of outer and inner layers of dura mater
    • Venous blood flows into this space
65
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Superior sagittal sinus draining into the confluence of sinuses at the back

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66
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What does the confluence of sinuses then drain into?

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Drains to the left and right transverse sinuses that run within the lateral edge of the tentorium cerebelli.

67
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Which meningeal layer is being pointed to?

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Arachnoid mater (thin translucent membrane)

68
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When the pia mater is exposed, what can be seen?

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Gyri and sulci

69
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What is being pointed to?

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Falx cerebri (of tough fibrous dura mater)

70
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What is being pointed to?

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Tentorium cerebelli

71
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What is being pointed to?

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Falx cerebelli (separates hemispheres of cerebellum)

72
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What are bridging veins?

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Bridging veins are veins in the subarachnoid space that puncture the dura mater and empty into the dural venous sinuses.

73
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What is the result of a rupture of a bridging vein?

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a subdural hematoma.

74
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What is being pointed to?

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Falx cerebri

75
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Which sinus is found in the free edge of the falx cerebri?

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Inferior sagittal sinus

76
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What does the inferior sagittal sinus receive blood from/drain into?

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It receives blood from the deep and medial aspects of the cerebral hemispheres and drains into the straight sinus.

77
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What fold of dura mater is this?

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Falx cerebelli - a small sickle shaped fold of dura mater, projecting between the two cerebellar hemispheres.

78
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View of superior sagittal sinus, lateral sinus turning into the sigmoid sinus. What does the sigmoid sinus ultimately drain blood into?

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Ultimately drains blood into the internal jugular vein

79
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Where does the internal carotid artery arise from?

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From the common carotid artery in the neck

80
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Which artery transverses the foramina transversaria of cervical vertebrae?

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Vertebral artery

81
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Which artery forms the basilar artery?

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Vertebral artery

82
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Which artery gives rise to the anterior and middle cerebral arteries?

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Internal carotid artery

83
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What does the Circle of Willis surround?

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The optic chiasma, infundibulum and the interpeduncular region

84
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Label 1-5 on this angiogram

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  • 5 - vertebral artery ascending through the transverse foramina of the cervical vertebrae
  • 4 - foramen magnum where vertebral arteries enter cranium
  • 3 - the two vertebral arteries join to form basilar artery
  • 2 - superior cerebellar artery (branch of basilar)
  • 1 - terminal branch of basilar is the posterior cerebral artery
85
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What vessel is this?

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Vertebral artery

86
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What vessel is this?

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Basilar artery formed by the two vertebral arteries coming together on the ventral surface of the pons

87
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What is this branch straight off of the vertebral artery? What does it supply?

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  • Posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA) (paired)
    • Branch of vertebral artery
  • Goes towards cerebellum to supply posterior and inferior aspect of cerebellum
88
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What are these small branches here? What vessel do they form? What does this vessel supply?

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  • Contributions from right and left vertebral artery join to form the anterior spinal artery
  • Descends and supplies all the anterior aspect of the spinal cord
89
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Which vessel supplies the anterior aspect of the spinal cord?

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Anterior spinal artery

90
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What is this branch?

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  • Anterior inferior cerebellar artery (AICA) (paired)
    • Branch of basilar artery (which is formed by vertebral artery)
  • Goes towards cerebellum to supply the anterior and inferior aspect of the cerebellum
91
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What branch is this? What does it supply?

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  • Superior branch of basilar artery (paired)
  • Superior cerebellar artery
    • Branch of basilar artery which is formed by vertebral arteries
  • Supplies the superior aspect of the cerebellum
92
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What is the final branch of the basilar artery?

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  • Posterior cerebral artery (paired)
    • Terminal branch of the basilar artery
  • Supplies the inferior/medial surface of the temporal lobe and the occipital lobe
93
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Which nerve is sandwiched between the superior cerebellar artery and the posterior cerebral artery?

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The oculomotor nerve (CN III)

94
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What is the middle meningeal artery a branch of? What foramen does it travel through to enter the cranium? What does it supply?

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  • Normally branches off the maxillary artery, which is an extension of the external carotid artery
  • Travels through the foramen spinosum to supply blood to the dura mater
95
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What are the branches of the vertebral artery and the basilar artery?

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Vertebral artery:

  • meningeal branches,
  • anterior spinal artery,
  • posterior spinal artery
  • posterior inferior cerebellar artery

The 2 vertebral arteries join to form the basilar artery:

  • anterior inferior cerebellar artery (AICA)
  • pontine arteries
  • superior cerebellar artery (SCA)
  • terminates by splitting into left and right posterior cerebral arteries
96
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Diagram of circle of Willis

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97
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What vessel is being pointed to? Where does it emerge?

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  • Internal carotid artery
  • Emerges at base of brain lateral to optic chiasma
98
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What vessel is this? What is it a branch of? What does it supply?

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  • Middle cerebral artery
  • The largest branch of the internal carotid
  • Supplies a portion of the frontal lobe and the lateral surface of the temporal and parietal lobes
99
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After the middle cerebral artery, what is the next branch of the internal carotid?

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Anterior cerebral artery

100
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What is the circle of Willis?

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  • An interconnection between the internal carotid system and the vertebral basilar system
  • An arterial circle at the base of the brain surrounding the optic chiasma and infundibulum
101
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What are the components of the Circle of Willis?

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  • Posterior cerebral artery (terminal branch of basilar artery) connected to internal carotid via the posterior communicating artery
  • Anterior cerebral artery (branch of internal carotid) connected to internal carotid via the anterior communicating artery
  • Middle cerebral arteries also contribute
  • Basilar artery contributes and forms closed loop
102
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What vessel is this? What does it connect?

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Posterior communicating artery connecting the posterior cerebral artery with the internal carotid artery

103
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What do the pontine arteries supply? Where do they branch off of?

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come off at right angles from either side of the basilar artery and supply the pons and adjacent parts of the brain.

104
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What vessel is this?

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Internal carotid

105
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What vessel is this?

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  • Middle cerebral artery
  • Branch from internal carotid
  • Moves laterally
106
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Dura tightly fused to skull and meningeal vessels

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107
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Space of epidural haemorrhage

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108
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Brain showing a stroke - region of grey matter here has died due to lack of blood supply

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109
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Berry aneurysm. Where do these usually happen?

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  • Usually at branching points
    • This one occurred at the branching point between the internal carotid and middle cerebral artery
110
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Burst berry aneurysm

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111
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Intracerebral haemorrhage

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112
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What causes a brain aneurysm?

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Brain aneurysms are caused by a weakness in the walls of blood vessels in the brain

113
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A patient presents with a stroke with paralysis of right arm and leg as well as loss of speech. Which is the most likely region to have been affected by the stroke that could account for limb paralysis?

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Precentral gyrus –> primary motor cortex (controls movement)

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