Anatomy and Cell Biology 3319 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Aorta, Radial Artery, Asterisk

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The anterior part of the circle is formed by the internal carotid, the back part of the circle is formed by the basilar artery. Vertebral artery comes up through the foramen magnum and then it fuses with the other vertebral artery to form basilar artery. So 2 sources of oxygenated blood; internal carotid and the 2 vertebral arteries (basilar artery). from. From this circle a bunch of vessels come out. Blue print= parts of the circle contributed bby internal carotid. In green= parts of the circle contributed by vertebral artery. Internal carotid gives rise to anterior cerebral which travels anteriorly, then there is a connector which is called anterior communicating arteriy. The middle cerebral artery is not officially part of the circle, it comes off the circle. Then you have psosterior communicating artery formed by the posterior cerebral artery. You can see the internal carotid as it gets ready to form the circle of willis.

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