Rehabilitation Sciences 3060A/B Midterm: Complete Course Notes
12 May 2017
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Stress, diet, blood pressure (high bp) are risks for younger people: rates of stroke are declining in canada, mortality is also going down because getting better treatment. Subclavian artery: from this, we get blood into the brain, branches to the vertebral artery. Carotid artery: take blood up to the brain as well. Circle of willis: 5 parts (know for exam) Internal carotid: give rise to the middle cerebral, most strokes happen through middle cerebral artery (major reason) Posterior communicating: takes blood up to the top side of the circle. Posterior cerebral: runs up to the side. Clinical syndrome: depending where our blood vessel is blocked determines the stroke you have. Basilar artery stroke basilar artery is blocked. This one guy can"t eat had to eat through a tube and not taste food in his mouth. Vertebral, basilar and cerebral are important to know. Atherosclerosis: clot that blocks off the blood flow happens in 4 different places in the brain.
