ANSWERS [GRADED A+]
What supplies the brain with blood? - ✔✔-carotid arteries (anterior
circulation)
-vertebral arteries (posterior circulation)
Where do the anterior and posterior circulations meet in the brain? -
✔✔Circle of Willis
Factors that affect blood flow to brain - ✔✔-systemic BP
-cardiac output
-blood viscosity
2 types of strokes - ✔✔ischemic and hemorrhagic
2 types of ischemic strokes - ✔✔thrombotic and embolic
©morren2026/2027.Year published 2026.
, 2 types of hemorrhagic strokes - ✔✔intracerebral and subarachnoid
What is done in the initial evaluation for stroke? - ✔✔-head CT
-PT/INR and PTT
-12 lead ECG
-BP
-neuro eval
-last KNOWN normal (LKN)
Describe a thrombotic ischemic stroke - ✔✔-blood vessel injury causes
clot formation in brain over time and causes stroke
describe an embolic ischemic stroke - ✔✔clot forms elsewhere and travels
to brain causing stroke
Describe a Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) - ✔✔-transient episode of
neuro dysfunction caused by focal brain, spinal cord, or retinal ischemia
-NO acute infarction of brain
©morren2026/2027.Year published 2026.