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supraoptic artery
Origin: anterior cerebral artery (precommunicating A1 segment)
Distribution: orbital surface of the frontal lobe
Course: passes superior to the optic nerve
General
blood vessel
Properties
FORM: supraoptic artery
ORIGIN: anterior cerebral artery
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
Components
intima; tunica intima
tunica media
vascular endothelium