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To provide alternative routes for blood to reach the brain in case of an obstruction
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What is the function of cerebral peduncles?
The cerebral peduncle is made of nerve fibers. There is one on each side of the brain, and they help transport nerve impulses from the higher part of the brain to the brain stem. Its main function is to control body movement.
Which part of the brain controls higher level thought?
The brain cortex or cerebral cortex is the part of the brain which is responsible for higher thought and function. cerebrum
What is the relationship between cerebral hemispheres and the corpus callosum?
What is the relationship between cerebral hemispheres and the corpus callosum?
What is a good thesis statement for Cerebral palsy?
Cerebral palsy is can be inherited or caused by a birth injury. Research is ongoing in the treatment of this terrible malady.
What separates the cerebral hemispheres?
You have the beautiful partition called as falx cerebri, which separates the cerebral hemisphere incompletely. This partition is made from the folding of the inner layer of the Dura mater. Dura mater is the outer covering of the meninges.
What is the function of the cerebral arterial circle?
The function of the cerebal arterial circle (Circle of Willis) is protection. It provides alternate pathways for blood to reach the brain tissues in the case of arterial occlusion or impaired bloodflow anywhere in the system.
Is The cerebral arterial circle an arterial anastomosis?
yes
What is the special circulation of the brain?
cerebral arterial circle (circle of Willis)
What is the ring-shaped anastomosis that forms the cerebral arterial circle?
The Circle of Willis.
What is the name of the communication network that encircles the pituitary gland?
Cerebral arterial circle or circle of Willis
The internal carotids and the basilar artery are interconnected by what anastomosis?
Cerebral arterial circle AKA Circle of Willis
What is the name of the communication network formed by paired arteries of the brain that cooperate to form a ring of blood vessels encircling the pituitary gland at the base of the brain?
Circle of Willis or the cerebral arterial circle
Both the anterior and middle cerebral arteries arise from what arteries?
I beileve (Looking in my Hole's anatomy & physiology text) that the anterior cerebral branches off the middle cerebral, which branches from the posterior communicating artery. Or it circles around to the anterior communicating artery. They all form the cerebral arterial circle.
Why cerebral oximeter normal value is much less than pulse oximeter?
cerebral oxygen saturation are weighted venous samples (70% venous, 30% arterial) Pulse oximeter values are based on arterial oxygen saturations.
Cerebral peduncle function?
The function of the cerebral peduncle is the impulse to control the movements of the body. The cerebral peduncle is two cylinders composed entirely of nerves.
What is cerebral dysfunction?
its when the brain does not function properly
What causes cerebral cortex?
Cerebral cortex is the outer layer of the brain. Having a brain that is capable of a variety of brain function "causes" the cerebral cortex!
