Pontine arteries

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][lower-alpha 1]

Pontine arteries
Diagram of the arterial circulation at the base of the brain. (Pontine labeled at center left.)
Details
Sourcebasilar artery
Suppliespons
Identifiers
Latinarteriae ad pontem
TAA12.2.08.021
FMA70796
Anatomical terminology

See also

Notes
  1. Refer to diagram.

References
  1. Siegel, Allan; Sapru, Hreday N. (2010). Essential Neuroscience. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 51. ISBN 9780781783835. Retrieved 7 March 2018.

Additional images
  • The arteries of the base of the brain.
  • Human brainstem blood supply
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