- Cerebral portion of internal carotid artery
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Artery: Cerebral portion of internal carotid artery Outer surface of cerebral hemisphere, showing areas supplied by cerebral arteries. The arterial circle and arteries of the brain. Latin pars cerebralis arteriae carotidis internae Gray's subject #146 567 Source internal carotid artery The cerebral portion of internal carotid artery.—Having perforated the dura mater on the medial side of the anterior clinoid process, the internal carotid passes between the optic and oculomotor nerves. This vessel, which then proceeds beyond the circle of Willis, is known as the middle cerebral artery, which sends branches into the anterior perforated substance at the medial extremity of the lateral cerebral fissure, and gives off its terminal or cerebral branches.
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List of arteries of head and neck (TA A12.2.05–08, GA 6.549) CC cervical branches (ascending palatine, tonsillar, submental, glandular) · facial branches (inferior labial, superior labial / nasal septum, lateral nasal, angular)1st part / mandibular2nd part / pterygoid3rd part / pterygopalatineorbital group:anterior ethmoidal (anterior septal, anterior lateral nasal, anterior meningeal) · posterior ethmoidal · lacrimal (lateral palpebral) · medial palpebral · terminal (supraorbital, supratrochlear, dorsal nasal)
ocular group: central retinal · ciliary (short posterior, long posterior, anterior) · hypophysial (superior, inferior)ACA (anterior communicating, medial striate) · MCA (anterolateral central, Orbitofrontal artery, Prefrontal artery, Superior terminal branch, Inferior terminal branch, Anterior temporal branch) · posterior communicating · anterior choroidalSC Categories:- Arteries of the head and neck
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