Superior cerebellar artery
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| Artery: Superior cerebellar artery | |
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| The three major arteries of the cerebellum: the SCA, AICA, and PICA. | |
| Latin | arteria superior cerebelli |
| Gray's | subject #148 580 |
| Supplies | cerebellum |
| Source | basilar artery |
| Vein | superior cerebellar veins |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | a_61/12156101 |
The superior cerebellar artery arises near the termination of the basilar.
It passes lateralward, immediately below the oculomotor nerve, which separates it from the posterior cerebral artery, winds around the cerebral peduncle, close to the trochlear nerve, and, arriving at the upper surface of the cerebellum, divides into branches which ramify in the pia mater and anastomose with those of the inferior cerebellar arteries.
Several branches are given to the pineal body, the anterior medullary velum, and the tela chorioidea of the third ventricle.
[edit] External links
- SUNY Figs 28:02-07
- Dictionary at eMedicine Superior+cerebellar+artery
- Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator, at Elsevier 13048.000-1
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