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internal carotid artery (ICA)
It may be divided into 4 parts:
1) cervical
2) petrous
3) cavernous
4) cerebral
Origin:
-> common carotid artery (opposite the upper border of the thyroid cartilage, C4 vertebral level)
Branches:
1) anterior cerebral artery (terminal branch*)
2) middle cerebral artery (terminal branch*)
3) hypophyseal arteries
4) posterior communicating artery
5) anterior choroidal artery
6) ophthalmic artery
* terminal branches within the middle cranial fossa
Related
carotid artery disease
General
blood vessel
Properties
FORM: internal carotid artery (ICA)
BRANCHES: hypophyseal artery
ophthalmic artery
posterior communicating artery
anterior choroidal artery
middle cerebral artery
anterior cerebral artery
ORIGIN: common carotid artery
References
- Grant's Atlas of Anatomy, 10th edition, AMR Agur & MJ Lee (eds),
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 1999
- Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
Components
intima; tunica intima
tunica media
vascular endothelium