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Pontine arteries
Diagram of the arterial circulation at the base of the brain. (Pontine labeled at center left.)
Details
SourceBasilar artery
SuppliesPons
Identifiers
Latinarteriae ad pontem
TA98A12.2.08.021
TA24559
FMA70796
Anatomical terminology[edit on Wikidata]

The pontine arteries are a number of small arteries which come off at right angles from either side of the basilar artery and supply the pons and adjacent parts of the brain. The pontine arteries include the paramedian arteries, the short circumferential, and the long circumferential arteries.

See also

Notes

  1. Refer to diagram.

References

  1. Siegel, Allan; Sapru, Hreday N. (2010). Essential Neuroscience. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 51. ISBN 9780781783835. Retrieved 7 March 2018. Pontine arteries supply pons.

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  • The arteries of the base of the brain. The arteries of the base of the brain.
  • Human brainstem blood supply Human brainstem blood supply
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