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calcarine artery
Origin: medial occipital artery
Distribution: main blood supply for visual area of cortex
Course: runs in the calcarine sulcus
Pathology:
-> occlusion causes contralateral blindness with relative sparing of macular vision
General
blood vessel
Properties
FORM: calcarine artery
ORIGIN: medial occipital artery (P4 segment of posterior cerebral artery)
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