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• Treavels through the bones of the skull to supply the brain with blood
• Internal carotid artery forms a circle sitting around the hypothalamus and pituitary gland (circle of Willis) |
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| • supplies blood to muscles in the head and face |
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| • supplies blood to the brain |
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| What are the 3 main blood vessels that supply blood to the forebrain |
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• Anterior cerebral artery
• Posterior cerebral artery
• Middle cerebral artery
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• Blood vessels that extend from the middle cerebral artery
• Deal with basal nuclei
• Also called the “blood vessels of stroke” b/c they get clogged easily |
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• Extend into the front of the brain
• Goes in between the two hemispheres |
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• Supplies blood to the basal ganglia, thalamic area, temporal lobe, forebrain
• Artery most implicated in strokes
• Stroke results in damage to motor functions, speech, sensory functions on the opposite side |
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| • Coverings around the central nervous system (forebrain, brainstem and spinal cord) |
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| What are the 3 layers of the meninges? |
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• Dura matter
• Arachnoid layer
• Pia matter |
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| • Tough gelatinous substance that is the outer most layer of the meninges |
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| Arachnoid layer ( spider web like) |
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| • Web like layer that allows cerebrospinal fluid to flow through it |
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| • Thin layer of connective tissue |
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• (modified blood vessels) Found in all the ventricles
• Creates cerebrospinal fluid |
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