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posterior choroidal artery

Origin: posterior cerebral artery (P2 segment) Branches: (or may be seen as 2 branches) 1) posterior medial choroidal artery 2) posterior lateral choroidal artery Distribution: 1) supplies choroid plexuses of lateral & third ventricles 2) posterior thalamus 3) fornix 4) tectum of midbrain

General

blood vessel

Properties

FORM: posterior choroidal artery ORIGIN: posterior cerebral 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