ANAT 321 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Venous Blood, Basilar Artery, Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery

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Blood reaches the brain through posterior (vertebral arteries and the basilar artery) and anterior (internal carotid artery) pathways. There are two different sets of arteries that provide oxygenated blood to the brain. Supply blood to the caudal parts of the brain. Supply blood to the rostral parts of the brain. The optic chiasm is at the level of the circle of willis. The two arteries that provide oxygenated blood to the caudal part of the brain are the vertebral arteries, running along the ventral surface of the brainstem. These arteries converge in the brainstem to form a single artery that runs on the midbrain called the basilar artery. Two of these come of the vertebral artery before they merge into the basilar artery: the posterior inferior cerebellar arteries. These arteries supply blood to parts of the brainstem and caudal parts of the cerebellum.

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