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For each question, choose the most appropriate answer. Click on the small image to the right to open a larger version. Get your score at the bottom of the page when you have completed the test. Question 1: Name this artery, lying anterior to the pons. Anterior cerebral artery Anterior communicating artery Basilar artery Internal carotid artery Middle cerebral artery Middle meningeal artery Pontine artery Posterior cerebral artery Posterior communicating artery Superior cerebellar artery		Question 1
Question 2: How does this artery end? It becomes the: Anterior cerebral artery Anterior communicating artery Basilar artery Internal carotid artery Middle cerebral artery Middle meningeal artery Pontine artery Posterior cerebral artery Posterior communicating artery Superior cerebellar artery		Question 2
Question 3: What artery is particularly at risk of rupture from a blow to the side of the head (in the region of the pterion)? Anterior cerebral artery Anterior communicating artery Basilar artery Internal carotid artery Middle cerebral artery Middle meningeal artery Pontine artery Posterior cerebral artery Posterior communicating artery Superior cerebellar artery		Question 3
Question 4: What artery is this? Anterior cerebral artery Anterior communicating artery Basilar artery Internal carotid artery Middle cerebral artery Middle meningeal artery Pontine artery Posterior cerebral artery Posterior communicating artery Superior cerebellar artery		Question 4
Question 5: What artery supplies the shaded region of the brain? Anterior cerebral artery Anterior communicating artery Basilar artery Internal carotid artery Middle cerebral artery Middle meningeal artery Pontine artery Posterior cerebral artery Posterior communicating artery Superior cerebellar artery		Question 5
Question 6: Name this artery. Common carotid artery External carotid artery Facial artery Internal carotid artery Lingual artery Mandibular artery Maxillary artery Middle meningeal artery Subclavian artery Vertebral artery		Question 6
Question 7: This is the posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA). Of which artery is it a branch? Common carotid artery External carotid artery Facial artery Internal carotid artery Lingual artery Mandibular artery Maxillary artery Middle meningeal artery Subclavian artery Vertebral artery		Question 7
Question 8. Which 2 of these structures pass through the cavernous sinuses? Abducent nerve Anterior cerebral artery Internal carotid artery Jugular vein Mandibular nerve Middle cerebral artery Olfactory nerve Optic nerve Posterior inferior cerebellar artery Vertebral artery		Question 8
Question 9: What is this artery? Anterior cerebral artery Anterior communicating artery Basilar artery Internal carotid artery Middle cerebral artery Middle meningeal artery Pontine artery Posterior cerebral artery Posterior communicating artery Superior cerebellar artery		Question 9
Question 10: Name the dural venous sinus here. Basilar sinus Cavernous sinus Great cerebral vein Inferior sagittal sinus Sigmoid sinus Sphenoparietal sinus Straight sinus Superior petrosal sinus Superior sagittal sinus Transverse sinus		Question 10