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superior cerebellar artery
Origin: basilar artery
Distribution:
1) cortex, medullary center & central nuclei of cerebellum
2) branches to pons, superior cerebellar peduncle, inferior colliculus of midbrain
Pathology:
vertebrobasilar stroke (occlusion)
- nausea/vomiting
- vertigo
- ipsilateral limb ataxia
- diplopia
- contrapulsion of saccades
- Horner syndrome
- facial hemianesthesia
- contralateral hemianesthesia
Related
superior cerebellar artery syndrome
General
blood vessel
Properties
FORM: superior cerebellar artery
ORIGIN: basilar artery
References
- Barr. the Human Nervous System. Harper & Row 2nd ed., 1974
- Geriatric Review Syllabus, 9th edition (GRS9)
Medinal-Walpole A, Pacala JT, Porter JF (eds)
American Geriatrics Society, 2016
Components
intima; tunica intima
tunica media
vascular endothelium