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femoral artery
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HACKENSACK, N.J. – Venom from Malayan pit vipers and "healing light" lasers are being used on stroke patients in New Jersey in studies to develop safe new treatments for the nation's third-biggest killer.


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popliteal artery
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pulmonary artery
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radial artery
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renal artery
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splenic artery
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The coach of a girls high school basketball team who collapsed suddenly at a game died from a ruptured artery, an autopsy revealed. Gregg Petrocelli, 38, lost consciousness during a game Tuesday evening. An autopsy on Wednesday showed that Petrocelli died from a spontaneous rupture of the splenic artery, which supplies blood to the spleen, liver and other organs.


subclavian artery
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superior mesenteric artery
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vertebral artery
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anterior cerebral artery

Artery: Anterior cerebral artery
Outer surface of cerebral hemisphere, showing areas supplied by cerebral arteries.
The arterial circle and arteries of the brain. The anterior cerebral arteries (top of figure) arise from the trifurcations of the internal carotid arteries into the anterior cerebral artery, middle cerebral artery and posterior communicating artery on each side.
Latin arteria cerebri anterior
Gray's subject #146 571
Supplies cerebrum
Source internal carotid artery
MeSH Anterior+Cerebral+Artery

In human anatomy, the anterior cerebral artery supplies oxygen to most medial portions of frontal lobes and superior medial parietal lobes. It arises from the internal carotid artery and is part of the Circle of Willis.

The left and right anterior cerebral arteries are connected by the anterior communicating artery.

Contents

  • 1 Areas supplied
  • 2 Occlusion
  • 3 Additional images
  • 4 External link

Areas supplied

Areas supplied by the anterior cerebral artery include:citation needed]

  1. The medial surface of the frontal and parietal lobes
  2. The anterior four- fifths of the corpus callosum
  3. Approximately 1 inch of the frontal and parietal cortex
  4. Anterior portions of the basal ganglia and internal capsule

Occlusion

Occlusion of the anterior cerebral artery may result in the following defects:citation needed]

  1. Paralysis of the contralateral foot and leg
  2. Sensory loss in the contralateral foot and leg
  3. Urinary incontinence which usually occurs with bilateral damage

Additional images

Diagram showing the origins of the main branches of the carotid arteries.

The arteries of the base of the brain.

Location of the cerebral cortex

External link

  • MedEd at Loyola Neuro/neurovasc/navigation/aca.htm
  • SUNY Labs 28:09-0218
  • Atlas of anatomy at UMich n3a8p1
  • Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator, at Elsevier 13048.000-1
  • Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator, at Elsevier 13048.000-3
  • Blood supply at neuropat.dote.hu



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