Vascular Quiz 2

According to your classroom Powerpoint, how would you characterize this type of plaque?

• Smooth

• Irregular

• Homogeneous

• Heterogeneous

According to your PowerPoint, how would you characterize this type of plaque?

• Smooth

• Irregular

• Homogeneous

• Heterogeneous

Which of the following is a neurologic symptom related to vertebrobasilar disease?

• Vertigo

• Orthostatic hypotension

• Amaurosis fugax

• Contralateral extremity weakness

The CCA dilates to form this before bifurcating into the ICA and ECA?

• Carotid bulb

• Carotid sinus

• Carotid valve

• Carotid split

The vertebral arteries have this type of waveform:

• Low resistance

• High resistance

• More than one answer is true

• Retrograde

The internal carotid artery supplies blood to which of the following structures?

• The brain

• Lower extremities

• The face

• The vertebrals

The ECA should have all of the following characteristics except:

• Low resistance Doppler waveform

• Branches

• Smaller vessel than the ICA

• Temporal tap

Which of the following maneuvers will identify that the Doppler signal is coming from the external carotid artery?

• Temporal tapping

• Compression of the mandibular artery

• Swallowing

• None of the above

Which of the following is not considered a characteristic of the ICA:

• Has the superior thyroid artery as its first branch

• Larger than the ECA

• Low resistance waveform

• No branches are seen on ultrasound

Which common carotid artery arises directly from the aortic arch?

• The left common carotid artery

• The right common carotid artery

• The right subclavian artery

• The left innominate artery