CVS202T - VASCULAR THEORY EXAM 3

CVS202T - VASCULAR THEORY EXAM 3

QUESTIONS WITH ACTUAL SOLUTIONS!!

What's Cerebrovascular? Answer - Of or relating to the brain and its blood supply Extracranial Answer - Outside of the skull Intracranial Answer - Inside of the skull Where are all Cerebrovascular vessels originate from? Answer - - Brachiocephalic

- LCCA

• Left Subclavian

What's another name for the Brachiocephalic Answer - - Innominate

• Right Innominate
• Right brachiocephalic artery

What the brachiocephalic bifurcates into? Answer - - RCCA: RECA & RICA

- Rt Subclavian: Rt vertebral

• Bifurcation occur at the STERNOCLAVICULAR joint

What the LCCA (Lt Common Carotid Artery) bifurcates into? Answer - - LECA (Lt External Common Artery) 1 / 2

• LICA (Lt Internal Common artery)

What the Lt Subclavian bifurcates into? Answer - - Lt Vertebral The Rt and Lt Vertebral arteries join and form what singular artery? Answer - Basilar What's the normal diameter of the CCA (Common Carotid Arteries) Answer - 0.5-1.25 cm What's the PSV of the CCA? Answer - <125 cm/sec Is the CCA high resistance of low resistance? Answer - Low resistance Why is the CCA low resistance? Answer - bc 75% of the blood flow goes from the CCA to the ICA Is the LCCA longer or shorter than the RCCA? Answer - Longer Is the CCA Extracranial or Intracranial? Answer - Extracranial ONLY What's the landmark of the Proximal CCA? Answer - - Clavical

• Can be more tortuous

How is the DISTAL CCA differ from the rest of the CCA? Answer - - Is going to DILATE, and then BIFURCATION (carotid bulb)

• Bifurcation into the ECA & ICA
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