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lateral occipital artery
May be called the P3 segment of the posterior cerebral artery.
Origin: posterior cerebral artery (terminal branch)
Branches:
1) anterior temporal branch
2) intermediate temporal branch
3) posterior temporal branch
Distribution:
-> medial & ventral portions of temporal lobe
Related
occipital artery
General
blood vessel
Properties
FORM: lateral occipital artery
ORIGIN: posterior cerebral artery
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
Components
intima; tunica intima
tunica media
vascular endothelium