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The topics on Circle of Willis and the blood supply of brain has been covered in Epomedicine. You can refer to the following links for learning:
Anterior circulation (ICA branches):
1. Anterior choroidal: Hippocampus, Globus pallidus, Lower internal capsule
2. Anterior cerebral: Medial frontal and parietal cortex and subjacent white matter, anterior corpus callosum
3. Middle cerebral: Lateral frontal, parietal, occipital and temporal cortex and subjacent white matter
4. Lenticulostriate branches: Caudate nucleus, putamen, upper internal capsule
Source: AMBOSS |
Posterior circulation
a. Vertebral artery branches (Posterior inferior cerebellar artery/PICA): Medulla, Lower cerebellum
b. Basilar artery branches:
1. Anterior inferior cerebellar artery (AICA): Lower and middle pons, anterior cerebellum
2. Superior cerebellar: Upper pons, lower midbrain, upper cerebellum
3. Posterior cerebral: Medial occipital and temporal cortex and subjacent white matter, posterior corpus callosum, upper midbrain
4. Thalamoperforate branches: Thalamus
5. Thalamogeniculate branches: Thalamus