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C7 anterior choroidal a.
M3
M2
M2: insular segment
M3
Temporal lobe
ICA
A1: horizontal or pre-communicating segment
• medial lenticulostriate arteries (ml.ls.)
• anterior communicating artery (Acom)
posterior IF
paracentral
A2: vertical, post-communicating or
middle IF infracallosal segment
• recurrent artery of Heubner (RAH)
• orbitofrontal artery (OF)
anterior IF A4 • frontopolar artery (FP)
A5
superior IP
A3: precallosal segment
•pericallosal artery
A3 inferior IP
•callosomarginal artery
CM
A2
- internal frontal (IF):
RAH - anterior
- middle
ml. ls.
FP - posterior
OF
A1
- paracentral
ACom
A4: supracallosal segment
Posterior atlanto-occipital V4
V4
membrane
ASA
PSA V3
V3
V2: foraminal segment
C2
V3: atlantic, extradural or extraspinal segment
C3
V2 V4: intradural or intracranial segment
• anterior spinal artery (ASA)
C4 • posterior spinal artery (PSA)
• posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA)
C5
C6
V1
C7
PCA
BA
p5
VA VA
Pcom medial pos. chor. a
P1 P1
P1: pre-communicating segment
BA • thalamoperforating aa.
• quadrigeminal artery
P2a
P2a
P2: post-communicating segment
• P2a (anterior)
quad a. ant. temporal a. - medial posterior choroidal artery
P2
p - anterior temporal artery
p
• P2p (posterior)
P2
post. temporal a.
lat.
p
- lateral posterior choroidal artery
os.
c ho
r. a - posterior temporal artery
P3
splenial a.
P3
P3: quadrigeminal segment
• posterior pericallosal (splenial) artery
medial occipital a.
lateral occipital a. • medial occipital artery
• lateral occipital artery
P4 calcarine a.