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If a patient presents with right sided weakness and numbness of the lower extremity, which side of the cerebral hemisphere is the lesion located?
A patient with a history of hypertension and diabetes presents with difficulty in producing speech, slow and slurred speech. Which vascular territory is involved?
What is the name of the vein that drains the insula and will drain into the transverse sinus?
Which artery runs inferiorly in the lateral fissure and empties into the cavernous sinus?
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What are the symptoms of a lesion in the Middle Cerebral Artery territory?
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Which vein is formed by the joining of anterior cerebral veins and striate veins?
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What is the eventual destination of all external cerebral veins?
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What is the name of the vein that drains the superficial or external cerebral veins?
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A patient presents with left sided weakness and numbness of the upper extremity. Which side of the cerebral hemisphere is the lesion located?
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What is the main function of the posterior spinal arteries?
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What is the location of the posterior spinal arteries?
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What makes the upper three thoracic segments of the spinal cord vulnerable to ischemia?
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What is the characteristic of the veins of the spinal cord?
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What is the pattern of the venous drainage of the spinal cord?
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What is the function of the central/sulcal veins?
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What is the origin of the anterior and posterior radicular arteries?
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What is the function of the central/sulcal branches of the anterior spinal artery?
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What is the function of the 2 posterior spinal arteries?
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What is the smaller terminal branch of the internal carotid artery?
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Which artery does not branch from the Basilar Artery?
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What is the largest branch of the vertebral artery?
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What is a characteristic of cerebral veins?
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Which artery does not contribute to the Circle of Willis?
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What is the main source of blood supply to the thoracic segment of the spinal cord?
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What is the larger terminal branch of the internal carotid artery?
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Which artery branches from the internal carotid artery?
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What is a characteristic of the cerebral arteries?
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Which artery supplies blood to the forebrain, including the cerebrum, thalamus, and hypothalamus?
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What is the primary function of the Circle of Willis?
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Which part of the brain receives blood supply from the Vertebral Artery?
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How can infection or cancer from the abdominal or pelvic cavity spread to the brain?
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What is the effect of occlusion of the Internal Carotid Artery?
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What is the point of entry of the Internal Carotid Artery into the skull?
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Which part of the spinal cord receives blood supply from the Vertebral Artery?
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What is the primary function of the Vertebral Artery?
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What is the point of entry of the Vertebral Artery into the skull?
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What is the pathway of spinal cord venous drainage?
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What percentage of the spinal cord is supplied by the anterior spinal artery?
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What is the function of the vasa corona?
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What is the source of the posterior and inferior radicular arteries?
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What is the characteristic of the internal vertebral venous plexus?
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What is the function of the posterior spinal and radicular artery?
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What is the relationship between the blood supply of the spinal cord and the cerebral hemispheres?
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What is the role of the anterior and posterior medullary and radicular veins?
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Which spinal arteries supply the entire length of the spinal cord?
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