Statistics for Arteries of Head

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
What is the name of the foramen that demarkates the start of the spinal cord?	Magnum	65%
What two arteries join together to form the basilar artery?	Vertebral	65%
What vertebral level does the spinal cord end at?	L1	58%
What foramen does the internal carotid artery (ICA) enter at the base of the skull?	Carotid	50%
What is the name of collection of roots from the end of the spinal to the coccyx	Cauda equina	50%
Behind what gland does the external carotid give off the superficial temporal artery?	Parotid	42%
What set of arteries come from the basilar artery to supply the occipital lobes of the cerebrum?	Posterior cerebral	38%
What artery does the middle meningeal arise from?	Maxillary	35%
What is the name of the anastomotic connection between the vertebral and ICA in the region of the optic chiasma?	Circle of Willis	31%
What foramen does it pass through to enter the skull?	Spinosum	27%
At what cartilagenous level does the common carotid artery bifurcate?	Thyroid	27%
What is the name of the paired set of three arteries given off by the basilar artery?	Pontine	23%
What is the first branch of the ICA after having pierced the dural roof of the cavernous sinus?	Opthalmic	15%
What is the full name of the artery that passes through the middle of the optic nerve?	Central artery of the retina	0%