Vascular System/Blood Supply to CNS Flashcards
Blood vessels brings blood to the heart
Vein
Blood vessel that takes blood away from the heart
Arteries
Blood vessels that connect the arteries and veins
Capillaries
where the nutrients get exchanged
Capillary beds
Venules
Arterioles
What are the 3 blood vessels that the upper limb and head get its blood supply from?
- Left subclavian artery (left limb)
- Left common carotid (head and neck to supply brain/spinal cord)
- Brachiocephalic trunk (arm and head)
What do the left subclavian artery supply?
Left limb
What do the left common carotid artery supply?
Brain and Spinal cord
What do the brachiocephalic artery (trunk) supply?
Arm and Head
What is the organization of the Upper Limb?
- Shoulder
- Arm
- Forearm
- Hand
- Fingers
term that mean it will split into two
Common
An conjunction of two or more vessels supplying the same body region (e.g brain or heart)
Anastomosis
What is the name of the artery that pass through the temporal lobe?
Middle cerebral artery
An alternate route of blood to a body part through an anastomosis
Collateral Circulation
Arteries that do not anastomose
End arteries
In anatomical position the ulnar artery is on what side of the body?
Medial
In anatomical position the radial artery is on what side of the body?
Lateral
The temporal lobe is responsible for
What is the name of the artery that pass through the frontal lobe?
Anterior Cerebral Artery
What is the frontal lobe responsible for?
What is the name of the artery that pass through the occipital lobe?
Posterior Cerebral Artery
What is the occipital lobe responsible for?
What is the name of the artery that pass through the parietal lobe?
Middle Cerebral Artery
What is the parietal lobe responsible for?
what is the whole neural tube called?
Neuraxis
What are the 5 developmental regions?
- Telencephalon
- Diencephalon
- Mesentephalon
- Metencephalon
- Mylencephalon
The brainstem is made up of:
Midbrain
Pons
Medulla
What are the 3 parts the brain is divided into?
Forebrain
Midbrain
Hindbrain
What do the forebrain consist of?
Diencephalon
Telencephalon
What do the midbrain consist of?
Mesentephalon
What do the hindbrain consist of
Metencephalon
Myelentephalon
What do the Telencephalon form?
Cerebrum
What do the Diencephalon form?
Thalamus
Hypothalamus
Epithalamus
What do the Mesentephalon form?
Midbrain
What do the Metencephalon form?
Pons
Cerebellum
What do the Myelencephalon form?
Medulla oblongata
What are the 4 lobes?
Frontal
Parietal
Temporal
Occipital
What lobes are buried inside the brain?
Insula lobe
Lymbic lobe (bent)
What are the names of the 2 gyrus that the lymbic lobe is made of?
- Cingulate gyrus (bent part)
- Parahippocampal gyrus (under)