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    2) Vessels of The Head and The Face

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    The vascular walls of the brain's arteries are thin and weak, and the brain's veins lack valves, allowing blood to flow in both directions and potentially spread pathogens between the body and head. The brain's capillaries have a unique blood-brain barrier that is impermeable to certain molecules, restricting movement between the bloodstream and brain tissue. The brain receives arterial blood mainly from the internal carotid arteries and vertebral arteries. The internal carotid arteries supply the frontal, parietal, and temporal lobes before branching into the anterior and middle cerebral arteries.

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    The vascular walls of the brain's arteries are thin and weak, and the brain's veins lack valves, allowing blood to flow in both directions and potentially spread pathogens between the body and head. The brain's capillaries have a unique blood-brain barrier that is impermeable to certain molecules, restricting movement between the bloodstream and brain tissue. The brain receives arterial blood mainly from the internal carotid arteries and vertebral arteries. The internal carotid arteries supply the frontal, parietal, and temporal lobes before branching into the anterior and middle cerebral arteries.

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    The vascular walls of the brain's arteries are thin and weak, and the brain's veins lack valves, allowing blood to flow in both directions and potentially spread pathogens between the body and head. The brain's capillaries have a unique blood-brain barrier that is impermeable to certain molecules, restricting movement between the bloodstream and brain tissue. The brain receives arterial blood mainly from the internal carotid arteries and vertebral arteries. The internal carotid arteries supply the frontal, parietal, and temporal lobes before branching into the anterior and middle cerebral arteries.

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    The vascular walls of the brain's arteries are thin and weak, and the brain's veins lack valves, allowing blood to flow in both directions and potentially spread pathogens between the body and head. The brain's capillaries have a unique blood-brain barrier that is impermeable to certain molecules, restricting movement between the bloodstream and brain tissue. The brain receives arterial blood mainly from the internal carotid arteries and vertebral arteries. The internal carotid arteries supply the frontal, parietal, and temporal lobes before branching into the anterior and middle cerebral arteries.

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    Vessels of the Face and

    the Head
    CEREBRAL VASCULAR SYSTEM

    The vascular walls of the arteries in the brain are thin and weak. The veins of
    the brain do not contain valves. This lack of valves allows the blood to flow in
    either direction, creating a route for blood-borne pathogens to pass from the
    body to the head and vice versa.

    The capillaries of the brain do not allow movement of certain molecules from
    their vascular compartment into the surrounding brain tissue. This unique
    quality of impermeability is termed the blood-brain barrier (BBB).
    The brain receives arterial blood from two main pair of vessels the internal carotid arteries
    and the vertebral arteries.
    Arterial Supply
    Anterior and middle cerebral artery
    CT coronal sagittal
    Anterior and middle cerebral artery
    sagittal coronal
    Middle cerebral artery, CT
    Circle of Willis
    CT angiogram MRI
    INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERIES
    The internal carotid arteries supply the frontal, parietal, and temporal lobes of the brain and orbital structures. These arteries
    arise from the bifurcation of the carotid arteries in the neck. They ascend through the base of the skull and enter the carotid
    canals of the temporal bones
    The internal carotid artery then turns forward within the cavernous sinus, then up and backward through the dura
    mater, forming an S shape (which is referred to as the carotid siphon) before it reaches the base of the brain
    As the internal carotid artery exits the cavernous sinus, it branches into the ophthalmic artery just inferior to the anterior
    clinoid process
    The internal carotid artery then runs lateral to the optic chiasm and branches into the anterior cerebral artery
    and the larger middle cerebral artery. The anterior cerebral artery and its branches supply the anterior frontal lobe and the
    medial aspect of the parietal lobe

    The anterior communicating artery joins the two anterior cerebral arteries just anterior to the optic chiasm
    The A2 seg extends from the anterior communicating artery to course around the genu of the corpus callosum. The major
    branches of the A2 segment are the orbitofrontal, frontopolar, pericallosal, callosomarginal, and splenial arteries

    The middle cerebral artery is by far the largest of the cerebral arteries and is considered a direct continuation of the
    internal carotid artery. The middle cerebral artery gives off many branches, as it supplies much of the lateral surface of th e
    cerebrum, insula, and anterior and lateral aspects of temporal lobe; nearly all the basal ganglia; and the posterior and ante rior
    Cranial veins CT angiography
    Ophthalmic artery supplied orbit, frontal scalp and ethmoid sinus

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