vascular supply and ventricles Flashcards

1
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location of lateral ventricles

A

cerebral hemispheres

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2
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location of 3rd ventricle

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diencephalon

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3
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location of cerebral aqueduct

A

midbrain

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4
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location of 4th ventricle

A

pons/medulla

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5
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label the ventricles of the brain

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6
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The vascular _______ in each ventricle makes CSF.

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choroid plexus (specialized ependymal cells)

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7
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CSF flows through the ventricular system and into the

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subarachnoid space.

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8
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CNS acts as a ______ to protect CNS from traumatic injury.

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“shock absorber”

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9
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describe the movement of CSF

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Made in an ongoing fasion – flows from lateral ventral, foramen of monro, through to 3rd ventricle to cerebral aqueduct to 4th, then in back of 4th ventricle it has alternative routes – down central canal of spinal cord or could exit and enter subarachnoid space

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10
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CSF exits through the _____ in the 4th ventricle into the _____ outside the brain

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dorsal holes

subarachnoid space

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11
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pathway external to the brain:

CSF is reabsorbed into _______ at _____ in cranial midline into cerebal sinuses

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venous blood at arachnoid granulations

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Hydrocephalus

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Increased CSF in ventricles and/or subarachnoid space due to blockage of CSF flow

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15
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describe this

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Blockage in exits from 4th ventricle.

Hydrocephalus of all ventricles

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24
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involved in motor aspect of speech

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broca’s area

25
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involved in receptive/comprehending aspects of language

A

Wernicke’s area

26
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brain ____ form the blood brain barrier

A

capillaries

27
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Arteries and veins on the surface of the brain are in the

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subarachnoid space

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29
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branches off the internal carotid

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  • Anterior cerebral (ACA)
  • Anterior communicating
  • Middle Cerebral (MCA)
  • Posterior communicating
30
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branches off the vertebral artery

A

Posterior inferior cerebellar (PICA)

Anterior spinal (AS)

Posterior spinal (PS)

31
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name the arteries that compose the circle of willis

A

Internal carotids

Anterior cerebrals

Anterior communicating

Middle cerebrals

Posterior cerebrals

Posterior communicatings

32
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_____ supplies blood to the cerebral hemispheres

A

circle of willis

33
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The circle of willis surrounds the ______ (part of brain)

A

diencephalon

34
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Lies in longitudinal fissure (between hemispheres) on medial surface of hemisphere

A

anterior cerebral artery

35
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Anterior cerebral artery supplies ____ parts of the ____ and ____ lobes

A

medial

frontal and parietal lobes

36
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Lies in lateral fissure

A

(between frontal & temporal lobes)

37
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Middle Cerebral Artery (MCA) supplies the ____ parts of the ____, ______, and ____ lobes

A

lateral

frontal, parietal, temporal lobes

38
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functions of the territory MCA supplies

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  • motor and sensory upper limbs and face
  • brocas area for motor speech on the left
  • receptive language in the Wernickes area on the left
39
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While in lateral fissure, middle cerebral artery, sends branches into interior = ________ aka Deep penetrating arteries.

A

Lenticulostriate arteries

40
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what makes up the basal ganglia

A

caudate

putamen

globus pallidus

41
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Middle cerebral artery supplies the _____ and internal capsule

A

basal ganglia

42
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contents of internal capsule

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  • Descending motor tract
  • Ascending somatosensory tract
43
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the posterior cerebral artery supplies the ____ and ____ loves

A

occipital and part of the temporal lobe

44
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posterior cerebray artery supplies vasculature to this function of territory

A

vision

45
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Watershed areas

A

those that get the least blood flow during times of low blood pressure.

46
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To understand strokes clinically we need to know:

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  • each brain blood vessel
  • the area of brain it supplies (its territory)
  • the function(s) of the region it supplies