SA-Blood flow Flashcards
vertebral artery enters the spine at
C6 transverse foramen
enters skull at foramen magnum
vertebral artery
has no collateral circulation and off of vertebral artery
Posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA)
Damage to PICA
Wallenburg syndrome
Wallenburg syndrome is characterized by
ipsilateral loss of pain and temperature to face and contralateral loss to body
provides blood to anterior 2/3 of spine
anterior Spinal artery
provides blood to posterior 1/3 of spine
posterior Spinal artery
Right carotid feeds off of the
brachiocephalic artery
Left carotid comes off of the aorta
aorta
both carotid arteries bifurcate at_____ and become the ____ and _____
C3/C4
internal and external
how does the dura get blood?
external carotid => Maxillary => Middle meningeal artery => dura
middle meningeal artery passes through the _____ to feed the _____
foramen spinosum
dura
the opthalmic artery is the first branch of the
internal carotid (feeds the eye)
The veins of the scalp are drained by the ______ to the superior sagittal sinus
emissary veins
“GREAT IS STRAIGHT”
great cerebral vein drains into straight sinus