Cerebrovascular System

Front 1

Insular cortex location and function

Back 1

inside lateral fissure

motivation and taste

Front 2

right side of parietal lobe function

Back 2

spatial awareness

Front 3

left side of parietal lobe function

Back 3

language

Front 4

frontal lobe function

Back 4

executive function, motor control, decision making

Front 5

temporal lobe function

Back 5

auditory, spatial awareness, memory formation

Front 6

cingulate cortex location and function

Back 6

considered part of PFC/limbic system

executive function/decision making

Front 7

what arteries are the major blood supply to the brain?

Back 7

internal carotid artery and vertebral arteries

Front 8

What percentage of oxygen does the brain use from the lungs?

Back 8

20%

Front 9

where in the brain does the internal carotid artery enter through dura?

Back 9

near the optic chiasm

Front 10

Nonterminal branches of internal carotid

Back 10

opthalmic artery

posterior communicating artery

anterior choroidal

Front 11

opthalmic artery

Back 11

blood supply to retina

Front 12

anterior choroidal artery

Back 12

blood supply to choroid plexus in lateral ventricle, NOT THIRD

Front 13

terminal branches of internal carotid

Back 13

anterior cerebral artery

middle cerebral artery

Front 14

What part of the brain (general) does the anterior cerebral artery supply blood to?

Back 14

most of the medial wall, not including occipital lobe and inferior temporal lobe, which is supplied by posterior cerebral artery

Front 15

what does the anterior communicating artery do?

Back 15

joins the two anterior cerebral arteries

Front 16

What part of the brain (specific parts) does the anterior cerebral artery supply blood to?

Back 16

optic chiasm and hypothalamus

lower extremeties part of anterior/posterior paracentral gyrus

Front 17

What bad thing is the anterior communicating artery most known for?

Back 17

aneurisms in the artery or where it joins the anterior cerebral arteries

Front 18

What is the paracentral gyrus

Back 18

This is the medial part of the pre/post central gyrus, so it's the part that is deeper in the brain

Front 19

What part of the brain (general) does the middle cerebral artery supply blood to?

Back 19

The lateral parts of the brain and the basal forebrain

Front 20

What does M1 of the middle cerebral artery serve?

Back 20

temporal lobe-lenticulostriate arteries

Front 21

Superior and inferior trunks of MCA serve what?

Back 21

insular cortex and lateral surface of cerebral hemisphere

Front 22

What part of the brain (specific) does the MCA serve?

Back 22

lenticulostriate arteries

insular cortex/lateral surface of cortex

upper extremities of pre/post central gyri

temporal gyri

parietal lobe

Front 23

What part of the brain (specific) does the posterior cerebral artery serve?

Back 23

midbrain, diencephalon, posterior cerebral cortex

Front 24

What does the calcarine artery serve?

Back 24

primary visual cortex

Front 25

What does the vertebral artery serve?

Back 25

medulla, some cerebellum, and posterior dura

Front 26

What does the basilar artery serve?

Back 26

ventral and lateral cerebellum, pons, choroid plexus of fourth ventricle

Front 27

aneurism and where is it mostly found

Back 27

dilation of blood vessel; ballooning and explosion artery

found at branch points of internal carotid arteries

Front 28

embolism

Back 28

clot

Front 29

alteriovenous malformations

Back 29

mess up in the communications between arteries

Front 30

Describe, basically, the dural venous sinuses

Back 30

The layers surrounding the dura mater. They receive blood from veins of brain, CSF from subarachnoid space, and ultimately empty into internal jugular vein