A patient, admitted with the diagnosis of cerebral vascular accident, has left hemiparesis involving the face, arm, and leg
The nurse determines the cerebral vascular accident involves the part of the brain supplied by which of the following arteries? 1. left middle cerebral
2. left posterior communicating
3. right middle cerebral
4. right vertebral
3
Rationale: The middle cerebral arteries supply blood to the lateral surfaces of the frontal, temporal, and parietal lobes. The motor fibers cross so the left side of the brain controls the left side of the body. The other answer choices would give blood supply to other parts of the brain.
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