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What is this structure that supplies the brain with blood called?
The Circle of Willis
What is this structure that supplies the spinal cord with blood called?
The Vertebrobasilar System
The brain has multiple blood supplies, allowing nutrients to flow even with a blockage. What is this phenomenon called?
Collateral Circulation
What are these blood vessels called?
The Internal Carotid Arteries
What are these blood vessels called?
The Middle Cerebral Arteries
What are these blood vessels called?
The Anterior Cerebral Arteries
What is this blood vessel called?
The Anterior Communicating Artery
What are these blood vessels called?
The Posterior Communicating Arteries
What are these blood vessels called?
The Posterior Cerebral Arteries
What is this blood vessel called?
The Basilar Trunk
What are these blood vessels called and what important blood vessels usually branch off of them?
The Vertebral Arteries, the Posterior Spinal Arteries
What is this blood vessel called?
The Anterior Spinal Artery
What are these blood vessels called?
The Posterior Cerebellar Arteries
Which artery supplies this portion of the cortex?
The Anterior Cerebral Arteries
Which artery supplies this portion of the cortex?
The Middle Cerebral Artery
Which artery supplies this portion of the cortex?
The Posterior Cerebral Arteries
The Peripheral Nervous System is supplied by a network of blood vessels called the ______ ______
Vasa Nevorum
What percentage of daily Glucose and Oxygen are consumed by the brain on average?
20% Oxygen and 25% Glucose