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  2. Cerebral arteries - Wikipedia

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    The cerebral arteries describe three main pairs of arteries and their branches, which perfuse the cerebrum of the brain. The three main arteries are the: Both the ACA and MCA originate from the cerebral portion of internal carotid artery, while PCA branches from the intersection of the posterior communicating artery and the anterior portion of ...

  3. Cerebral circulation - Wikipedia

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    Cerebral circulation is the movement of blood through a network of cerebral arteries and veins supplying the brain. The rate of cerebral blood flow in an adult human is typically 750 milliliters per minute, or about 15% of cardiac output. Arteries deliver oxygenated blood, glucose and other nutrients to the brain.

  4. List of arteries of the human body - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of arteries of the human body. The aorta; The arteries of the head and neck. The common carotid artery. The external carotid artery; The triangles of the neck; The internal carotid artery; The arteries of the brain; The arteries of the upper extremity The subclavian artery; The axilla. The axillary artery; The brachial artery ...

  5. Circle of Willis - Wikipedia

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    The anterior cerebral artery forms the anterolateral portion of the circle of Willis, while the middle cerebral artery does not contribute to the circle. The right and left posterior cerebral arteries arise from the basilar artery, which is formed by the left and right vertebral arteries. The vertebral arteries arise from the subclavian ...

  6. Blood vessel - Wikipedia

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    Blood vessels are the structures of the circulatory system that transport blood throughout the human body. [1] These vessels transport blood cells, nutrients, and oxygen to the tissues of the body. They also take waste and carbon dioxide away from the tissues. Blood vessels are needed to sustain life, because all of the body's tissues rely on ...

  7. Common carotid artery - Wikipedia

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    Common carotid artery. The common carotid artery arises directly from the aorta on the left and as a branch of the brachiocephalic trunk on the right. In anatomy, the left and right common carotid arteries (carotids) (English: / kəˈrɒtɪd / [1][2]) are arteries that supply the head and neck with oxygenated blood; they divide in the neck to ...

  8. Cerebral veins - Wikipedia

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    Cerebral veins. Sagittal section of the skull, showing the sinuses of the dura. (Cerebral veins labeled at center left.) In human anatomy, the cerebral veins are blood vessels in the cerebral circulation which drain blood from the cerebrum of the human brain. They are divisible into external (superficial cerebral veins) and internal (internal ...

  9. Middle cerebral artery - Wikipedia

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    The middle cerebral artery (MCA) is one of the three major paired cerebral arteries that supply blood to the cerebrum. The MCA arises from the internal carotid artery and continues into the lateral sulcus where it then branches and projects to many parts of the lateral cerebral cortex. It also supplies blood to the anterior temporal lobes and ...