blood supply to the brain

Question 1

anterior cerebral artery affects what parts of the brain

Answer 1

frontal lobe, medial surface of parietal lobe

Question 2

middle cerebral artery affects what part of the brain

Answer 2

basal ganglia, outer cerebrum

Question 3

posterior cerebral artery affects what part of the brain

Answer 3

thalamus, subthalamus

Question 4

vertebral-basilar artery affects what part of the brain

Answer 4

cerebellum, medulla, pons, midbrain, thalamus

Question 5

damage to the ACA presentation

Answer 5

produces paraplegia, loss of bowel and bladder control, loss of behavioral inhibition, significant mental changes, akinetic mutism(conscious unresponsiveness)

Question 6

damage to the MCA presentation

Answer 6

most common site of a CVA, wernicke’s aphasia, homonymous hemianopsia, apraxia, flat affect with R hemisphere damage, contralateral weakness and sensory loss of face and upper extremity with lesser involvement in the lower extremity, impaired spatial relations,

Question 7

damage to the PCA presentation

Answer 7

cortical blindness, alexia, dyslexia, memory impairment, hemiballismus, ataxia, athetosis or choreiform movement,

Question 8

damage to the vertebral-basilar artery presentation

Answer 8

comatose/vegetative state, inability to speak, vertigo, nystagmus, dysphagia, dysarthria, syncope, ataxia