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Artery: Basilar artery | ||
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The basilar artery (middle of figure) arises from the vertebral arteries and terminates when it bifurcates in the left and right posterior cerebral arteries. | ||
The arteries of the base of the brain. Basilar artery labeled below center. The temporal pole of the cerebrum and a portion of the cerebellar hemisphere have been removed on the right side. Inferior aspect (viewed from below). | ||
Latin | arteria basilaris | |
Gray's | subject #148 580 | |
Supplies | superior and inferior aspects of the cerebellum pons | |
From | vertebral arteries | |
To | anterior inferior cerebellar artery pontine branches | |
Vein | ||
MeSH | A07.231.114.106 | |
Dorlands/Elsevier | {{{DorlandsPre}}}/{{{DorlandsSuf}}} |
In human anatomy, the basilar artery is one of the arteries that supplies the brain with oxygen-rich blood.
The two vertebral arteries and the basilar artery are sometimes together called the vertebrobasilar system, which supplies blood to the posterior part of circle of Willis and anastomoses with blood supplied to the anterior part of the circle of Willis from the carotid arteries.
Course
It arises from the confluence of the two vertebral arteries at the junction between the medulla oblongata and the pons.
It ascends in the central gutter (sulcus basilaris) inferior to the pons and divides into the posterior cerebral arteries and the superior cerebellar artery just inferior to the pituitary stalk.
From the basilar artery arises the anterior inferior cerebellar artery (supplying the superior and inferior aspects of the cerebellum), as well as smaller branches for the supply of the pons (the pontine branches).
Additional images
The internal carotid & vertebral arteries (Right side view). |
See also
- Basilar artery migraines
- Cerebral arteriosclerosis
- Cerebral blood flow
- Cerebral hemorrhage
- Cerebrovascular accident
- Cerebrovascular disorders
References
External links
- Diagram at merck.com
- SUNY Labs 28:09-0204 - "Cranial Fossae: Arteries, Inferior Surface of the Brain"
- Blood supply at neuropat.dote.hu
- Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator, at Elsevier 13048.000-1
List of arteries of head and neck | |
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Anterior: CC/EC |
superior thyroid (superior laryngeal) - lingual (sublingual) facial: cervical branches (ascending palatine, tonsillar, submental, glandular) - facial branches (inferior labial, superior labial, lateral nasal, angular) |
Posterior and ascending: CC/EC |
occipital - posterior auricular (stylomastoid) - ascending pharyngeal (meningeal branches) |
Terminal, superficial temporal: CC/EC |
transverse facial - middle temporal (zygomaticoörbital) - anterior auricular - frontal - parietal |
Terminal, maxillary: CC/EC |
1st part: anterior tympanic - deep auricular - middle meningeal (superior tympanic) - accessory meningeal - inferior alveolar (mylohyoid) |
portions #1 and 2: CC/IC |
cervical portion (carotid sinus) - petrous portion (Vidian, caroticotympanic) |
cavernous portion/ophthalmic: CC/IC |
orbital group: lacrimal (lateral palpebral) - supraorbital - posterior ethmoidal - anterior ethmoidal - medial palpebral - supratrochlear - dorsal nasal |
cerebral portion: CC/IC |
ACA - anterior communicating - MCA (anterolateral central) - posterior communicating - anterior choroidal - circle of Willis |
vertebral artery: SC |
meningeal branches - posterior spinal - anterior spinal - PICA - basilar (pontine, labyrinthine, AICA, SCA, PCA) |
thyrocervical trunk: SC |
inferior thyroid (inferior laryngeal, tracheal, esophageal, ascending cervical) - suprascapular - transverse cervical - dorsal scapular |
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