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Artery: Pontine arteries

Diagram of the arterial circulation at the base of the brain. (Pontine labeled at center left.)
Latin	arteriae pontis
Gray's	subject #148 580
Supplies	pons
Source	basilar artery

The pontine arteries are a number of small vessels which come off at right angles from either side of the basilar artery and supply the pons and adjacent parts of the brain.^[1]

Notes

^ Refer to diagram.

Additional images

The arteries of the base of the brain.
Human brainstem blood supply

List of arteries of head and neck (TA A12.2.05–08, GA 6.549)

sup. thyroid

superior laryngeal · sternocleidomastoid branch · infrahyoid branch · cricothyroid branch · glandular branches

asc. pharyngeal

posterior meningeal · pharyngeal branches · inferior tympanic

lingual

suprahyoid · dorsal lingual · deep lingual · sublingual

facial

cervical branches (ascending palatine, tonsillar, submental, glandular) · facial branches (inferior labial, superior labial / nasal septum, lateral nasal, angular)

occipital

sternocleidomastoid · meningeal · occipital · auricular · descending

post. auricular

stylomastoid · stapedial · auricular · occipital

sup. temporal

transverse facial · middle temporal (zygomatico-orbital) · anterior auricular · frontal · parietal

maxillary

1st part / mandibular	anterior tympanic · deep auricular · middle meningeal (superior tympanic, petrosal) · accessory meningeal · inferior alveolar (mental, mylohyoid)

2nd part / pterygoid	to muscles of mastication (deep temporal, pterygoid, masseteric) · buccal

3rd part / pterygopalatine	posterior superior alveolar · infraorbital (anterior superior alveolar) · descending palatine (greater palatine, lesser palatine) · artery of the pterygoid canal · sphenopalatine (posterior septal branches, posterior lateral nasal) · pharyngeal

cervical	carotid sinus

petrous	Vidian · caroticotympanic

cavernous/ ophthalmic	orbital group:anterior ethmoidal (anterior septal, anterior lateral nasal, anterior meningeal) · posterior ethmoidal · lacrimal (lateral palpebral) · medial palpebral · terminal (supraorbital, supratrochlear, dorsal nasal) ocular group: central retinal · ciliary (short posterior, long posterior, anterior) · hypophysial (superior, inferior)

Willis/Cerebral	ACA (anterior communicating, medial striate) · MCA (anterolateral central, Orbitofrontal artery, Prefrontal artery, Superior terminal branch, Inferior terminal branch, Anterior temporal branch) · posterior communicating · anterior choroidal

vertebral artery

meningeal · spinal (posterior, anterior) · basilar: pontine · labyrinthine · cerebellar (AICA, SCA, PICA) · cerebral (PCA)

thyrocervical trunk

inferior thyroid	inferior laryngeal · tracheal · esophageal · ascending cervical · pharyngeal · glandular branches

transverse cervical	superficial branch · deep branch / dorsal scapular

suprascapular	acromial branch

costocervical trunk

deep cervical · Supreme Intercostal artery

M: VAS

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