Diagram of the Posterior Cerebral Artery and its Branches

Diagram of the Posterior Cerebral Artery and its Branches. Each number corresponds to the following neuroanatomy: 1) basilar artery; 2) superior cerebellar artery; 3) posterior cerebral artery; 4) thalamic subthalamic arteries; 5) posterior communicating artery; 6) internal carotid artery; 7) polar artery of thalamus; 8) posterior choroidal artery; 9) thalamogeniculate artery; 10) anterior inferior temporal artery; 11) posterior inferior temporal artery; 12) occipitotemporal artery; 13) calcarine arteries; and 14) occipitoparietal artery. Contributed by O Kuybu, MD 

From: Neuroanatomy, Cerebral Blood Supply

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