NSG Knowledge Update Flashcards
1
Q
Branches off C1 segment?
A
- None.
2
Q
Branches off C2 segment?
A
- None.
3
Q
Branches off C3 segment?
A
- None.
4
Q
Branches off C4. segment?
A
- Meningohypophyseal trunk and includes the following branches: tentorial arteries of Bernasconi and Cassinari, dorsal meningeal artery and inferior hypophyseal artery.
5
Q
Branches off C5 segment?
A
- None.
6
Q
Branches off C6 segment?
A
- Ophthalmic artery.
2. Superior hypophyseal artery.
7
Q
Branches off C7 segment?
A
- PCom.
2. Anterior choroidal.
8
Q
What are the segments of the MCA?
A
- M1 - horizontal or sphenoidal segment.
- M2 - insular segment.
- M3 - opercular segment.
- M4 - cortical segment.
9
Q
Course of the M1 segment.
A
- MCA from origin at ICA terminus to the MCA bifurcation.
10
Q
Branches off the M1 segment.
A
- Lenticulostriate perforating arteries.
2. Anterior temporal artery.
11
Q
Course of the M2 segment.
A
- MCA from bifurcation to circular sulcus of insula, most commonly inferior and superior trunks.
12
Q
Course of the M3 segment.
A
- Branches from circular sulcus of insula over operculum to surface of Sylvian fissure.
13
Q
Course of the M4 segment.
A
- Branches to lateral convexity.
14
Q
Territory supplied by the recurrent artery of Heubner?
A
- Head of the caudate.
- Anterior limb of the IC.
- Putamen and globus pallidus.
15
Q
Course of the A1 segment.
A
- ACA from origin at ICA terminus to ACOM.