Card 6 / 16: What vessel(s) serve(s) areas involved in speech in the majority of people?
A.)
Right middle cerebral artery.
B.)
Left middle cerebral artery.
C.)
Right and left middle cerebral arteries.
D.)
Right and left posterior cerebral arteries.
E.)
Left middle and posterior cerebral arteries.
Answer:
B.) Left middle cerebral artery.
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The middle cerebral artery (shown here) of the dominant hemisphere vascularizes not only the somatosensory and motor cortex, but the speech centers in the frontal, parietal and temporal areas. The auditory cortex is also supplied by branches of this artery.
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Ch 02: External Features of the Brain
Author:
M.D.Stephen VoronLecturer
University of Utah
USA
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