NETTER - Neuroscience Flash Cards

Arterial Distribution to the Brain:
Lateral and Medial Views
1. Left anterior cerebral artery
2. Left middle cerebral artery (MCA)
3. Lateral orbitofrontal branch of MCA
4. Ascending frontal (candelabra) branch of MCA
5. Precentral branch of MCA
6. Central branch of MCA
7. Anterior parietal branch of MCA
8. Posterior parietal branch of MCA
9. Angular branch of MCA
10. Posterior temporal branches of MCA
11. Anterior temporal branches of MCA
12. Right anterior cerebral artery (ACA)
13. Pericallosal branch of ACA
14. Right posterior cerebral artery (PCA)
15. Parietooccipital branch of PCA
16. Calcarine branch of PCA
Comment: Individual arterial branches of the ACA, MCA, and
PCA supply specific territories of the hemisphere with their blood
supply. These branches are subject to strokes (1/3 embolic, 1/3
atherosclerotic, 1/5 lacunar). These strokes can affect regions of
the cerebral cortex, basal ganglia, internal capsule, thalamus, and
cerebral white matter.
Overview of the Nervous System See book 7.11