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1
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What helps protect the brain from both pathogens and internal chemicals like some hormones

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Blood-brain barrier

2
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Where doe the brain get its blood supply

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internal carotids

Vertebral arteries

3
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What artery doesn’t have a pair

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the basilar artery

4
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Internal carotids branch from the

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common carotid

5
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where do the internal carotids enter the skull

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carotid canal

6
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Branches of the internal carotids

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Anterior cerebral
Middle cerebral
opthalmic
Anterior choroidal
Anterior communicating
Posterior communicating
7
Q

artery to the lateral cortex

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Middle cerebral artery

8
Q

Branch of the middle cerebral artery

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lenticulostriate

9
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supply the cuadate, putamen, and anterior limb of the internal capsule

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Lenticulostriate

10
Q

supplies retina and dura

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opthalmic

11
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supplies parts of the internal capsule, thalamus, hippocampus and basal ganglia

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Anterior choroidal

12
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small conduit between anterior cerebral arteries

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Anterior communicating

13
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supplies parts of the hypothalamus, thalamus and hippocampus

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Posterior communicating

14
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Circle of willis is made by

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anterior communicating, anterior cerebral, posterior communicating and posterior cerebral

15
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At the junction of the posterior cerebral arteries until it bifurcates, becoming the vertebral arteries

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Basilar artery

16
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branches of the basilar artery

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Anterior inferior cerebellar
Pontine
Superior cerebral
Posterior cerebral

17
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Supplies pontine nuclei, some cranial nerve nuclei, corticopontine, corticobulbar and corticospinal tracts int he pontine area

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Pontine

18
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Supplies the superior and middle cerebral peduncles, medial and lateral leminiscus, spinal tigeminal nucles, spinothalamic tract

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Superior cerebellar

19
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Supplies most of the midbrain, thalamus, temporal loge and medial and inferior aspects of the occipital lobe

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Posterior cerebral

20
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Branches of the vertebral arteries

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Anterior spinal artery
Posterior inferior cerebellar artery
Posterior spinal artery

21
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supplies 
Pyramids
medial leminiscus of medulla
medial longitudinal fasciculus
CN XII
Inferior olive
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Anterior spinal artery

22
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supplies
spinothalamic and spinocerebellar tracts,
descending parts of CN V5
nucleus ambiguus
all the midbrain and vermis and inferior cerebellum

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Posterior inferior cerebellar artery

23
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supplies
Fasciculus gracilis and cuneatus
Spinal trigeminal nucleus
inferior cerebellar peduncle 
some of the vagus nerve
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Posterior spinal artery

24
Q

Insufficient blood flow

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Ischemia

25
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Rupture of the vessel and bleeding into the cranial cavity

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Hemorrhage

26
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Contralateral hemiplegia and somatosensory loss mainly in LE

Some loss of motivation and executive cognition

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Anterior cerebral deficits

27
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Contralateral hemiplegia and somatosensory loss in the UE and head
Aphasia
Sensory association
Some loss of executive cognition and working memory
Major mulisystem dysfunciton as result of deep structure insult

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Middle cerebral deficits can include

28
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Hemianopsia
Several syndromes related to midbrain, thalamus, and subthalamic nuclei
Webers syndrome

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Posterior cerebral deficits can include

29
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Superior alternating hemiplegia
Ipsilateral oculomotor dysfunction
Pupil dilation
Contralateral hemiplegia

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webers syndrome

30
Q

Ipsilateral limb and gain ataxia
Contralateral loss of pain and temp sensation
ipsilateral horner’s syndrome

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Superior cerebellar deficits can include

31
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Increased influence of parasympathetic drive to the eye
ipsilateral pupil constriction
ptosis
sinking in of eyeball

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Horners syndrome

32
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ipsilateral loss of facial sensation
ipsilateral horners syndrome
contralateral hemianesthesia

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anterior inferior cerabellar deficits can include

33
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Posterior inferior cerebellar deficits can include

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Wallenbergs’s syndrome

34
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Dysphagia and dysarthria (nucleus ambiguus)
Ipsilateral pain and temp of face (CNV)
contralateral pain and temp of body (spinothalamic tract)
Vertigo (vestibular nuclei)
Ipsilateral horner’s

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Wallenberg’s syndrome

35
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Anterior spinal deficits can include

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Medial medullary syndrome

36
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Contralateral conscious proprioception (medial leminiscus)
Paresis (upper motor neuronds in pyramidal tract )
deviation of tongue to side of lesion (CN XII)

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Medial medullary syndrome

37
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Ipsilateral conscious proprioception (nucleus cuneatus and gracillus)

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Posterior spinal deficits can include

38
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what can occlude the vertebral arteries

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Extension and rotation, especially with bad posture

39
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What can vertebral artery compromise result in

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nystagmus
dizziness
nausea
blurred vision 
loss of balance or fall
40
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Main sinuses

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Superior sagittal sinus
Inferior sagittal sinus
Sphenoparietal sinus
Cavernous sinus
Transverse sinus
Confluence of sinuses
41
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runs the length of the in interhemisphereic fissure at the superior border of the falx cerebri draining much of the lateral and superior medial cortex

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Superior sagittal sinus

42
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runs much of the length of the interhemispheric fissure at teh inferior border of the falx cerebri formin the straight sinus above the tentorium cerebelli

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Inferior sagittal sinus

43
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drain the deep middle cerebral veins

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Sphenoparietal sinus

44
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Convoluted sinus around the sella turcica. many important structures are surrounded by these sunuses

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Cavernous sinus

45
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Wraps around the lateral aspects of the cerebellum draining the occipital cortex and cerebellum

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transverse sinus

46
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near the occipital pole, the superior and straight sinuses connect to the tranverse sinuses, which becomes the sigmoid sinus which then descends to become the internal jugular vein

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confluence of sinuses

47
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Layers that play an integral role in supporting the brain, vessels and CSF

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Meninges

48
Q

Tough fibrous membrane that surrounds the venous sinuses

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dura mater

49
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The dura extends between lobes of the brain in sheets called speta, to help hold it in place in relation to the vessels

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Flax cerebri

Tentorium cerebelli

50
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Provides mechanical and chemical support for the brain
acts like a protective water jacket
carries away metabolites and toxins

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cerebrospinal fluid

51
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____ are present in each ventricle

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choroid plexuses

52
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sequence of verticles

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Lateral ventricles
3rd ventricle
cerebral aqueduct 
4th ventricle
empties to the central canal of the spinal cord
53
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Ventricles that wind around the basal ganglia, thalamus, midbrain

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Lateral ventricles

54
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Narrow vertical space between the thalami, above the hypothalamus

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3rd ventricle

55
Q

narrow channel running from the 3rd to 4th ventricle

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Cerebral aqueducts

56
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pyramid shaped cavity behind the pons and below, anterior to, and between the hemisphere of the cerebellum

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4th ventricle

57
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the continued production of CSF even if flow is obstructed

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Hydrocephalus

58
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artery to medial and some frontal/parietal aspects of the cortex
also support internal capsule, and some basal ganglia

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anterior cerebral artery