CerebralVasculature
InternalCarotidArteryinPetrousPartofTemporalBone
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Posterior communicating artery
Anterior cerebral arteries (A
2
segments)
Right optic nerve
Medial frontobasal (medial
orbitofrontal) artery
Distal medial striate artery
(recurrent artery of Heubner)
Anterior communicating artery
Anterior cerebral
artery (A
1
segment)
Superior hypophyseal arteries
Left
optic
nerve
Sphenoidal
sinus
Ophthalmic
artery
Dorsal
meningeal
artery
Meningeal branch
Cavernous part of internal carotid artery
Branch to foramen rotundum
Artery of pterygoid canal
Branch to foramen spinosum
Internal to external
carotid artery anastomosis
Branch to foramen ovale
Optic chiasm
Anterior choroidal artery
Cerebral part of internal carotid artery
Anterolateral central
(lenticulostriate) arteries
Middle cerebral artery
and branches
Inferior hypophyseal artery
Posterior
cerebral
artery
(P
2
segment)
Tentorial branch
(of meningo-
hypophyseal
trunk)
Meningo-
hypophyseal
trunk
Recurrent artery of
foramen lacerum
Caroticotympanic artery
Artery to inferior cavernous
sinus (inferolateral trunk) and
branch to superior orbital fissure
Middle meningeal artery
(indirect branch of
external carotid artery)
Petrous parts of internal carotid artery
(under bone)
Cervical part of internal carotid artery
