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posterior cerebral artery

Origin: formed by bifurcation of the basilar artery Branches: 1) precommunicating part (P1) a) posteromedial central arteries b) short circumferential arteries c) thalamoperforating arteries d) collicular arteries 2) postcommunicating part (P2) a) posterolateral central arteries b) posterior medial choroidal branches c) posterior lateral choroidal branches d) peduncular branches e) thalamogeniculate artery 3) terminal or cortical part (P3) also referred to as the lateral occipital artery [2] Course: -> curves around cerebral peduncle & reaches medial surface beneath the splenium of the corpus callosum; gives off temporal, calcarine, parieto-occipital branches [1]

Related

lateral occipital artery posterior cerebral artery syndrome

General

blood vessel

Properties

FORM: posterior cerebral artery BRANCHES: posterior choroidal artery calcarine artery ORIGIN: basilar artery

References

  1. Barr. the Human Nervous System. Harper & Row 2nd ed., 1974
  2. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999

Components

intima; tunica intima tunica media vascular endothelium