Vascular anatomy

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Tags: Neuroanatomy

Blood is supplied from the internal carotid artery

• Blood goes through the Circle of Willis and is distributed to the
  • Anterior, middle, posterior cerebral artery
  • Pontine arteries
  • Superior, anterior inferior, posterior inferior cerebellar artery
  • Vertebral artery
    
    
    Each of the arteries originating from the Circle of Willis supplies blood to delineated, specific regions of the cortex

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References

FNNI Structural Anatomy in Fundamental Neuroscience for Neuroimaging