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anterior choroidal artery
Origin:
1) internal carotid artery
2) rarely middle cerebral artery
Distribution:
1) choroid plexus in inferior horn of lateral ventricle & 3rd ventricles
2) optic chiasm & tract
3) uncus
4) amygdala
5) hippocampus
6) globus pallidus
7) caudate nucleus (tail)
8) thalamus
a) lateral geniculate nucleus
b) other nuclei
9) tuber cinereum
10) hypothalamic nucleus
11) substantia nigra
12) red nucleus
13) crus cerebri
14) internal capsule
a) ventral part [1]
b) genu, posterior limb & retrolentiform limb [2]
General
blood vessel
Properties
FORM: anterior choroidal artery
ORIGIN: internal carotid artery (ICA)
References
- Barr. the Human Nervous System. Harper & Row 2nd ed., 1974
- Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
Components
intima; tunica intima
tunica media
vascular endothelium