Anterolateral central branch of middle cerebral artery at a glance
- Also called
- Lenticulostriate arteries
- What it is
- These are the lenticulostriate arteries, small deep branches of the middle cerebral artery.
- Location
- They arise from the first segment of the middle cerebral artery and enter the brain through the anterior perforated substance to reach the deep structures.
- Function
- They supply the basal ganglia (putamen, caudate and globus pallidus) and the internal capsule.
- Body system
- Cardiovascular · paired (left and right)
- FMA ID
- FMA50377 (Foundational Model of Anatomy)
Key facts
- They are end arteries.
- They are also called the anterolateral central or striate arteries.
Clinical relevance
They are a common site of lacunar infarcts and hypertensive hemorrhage.
Structures next to the anterolateral central branch of middle cerebral artery
The nearest named structures in the 3D model, measured from the centre of each part:
- Globus pallidus · nervous
- Caudate nucleus · nervous
- Putamen · nervous
- Internal capsule · nervous
- Stria terminalis · nervous
- Cingulate gyrus · nervous
- Amygdala · nervous
- Fornix of forebrain · nervous
- Insula · nervous
- Optic tract · nervous
References
- Foundational Model of Anatomy: Anterolateral central branch of middle cerebral artery (FMA50377). EMBL-EBI Ontology Lookup Service.
- OpenStax. Anatomy and Physiology 2e, §20.1 Structure and Function of Blood Vessels. Rice University, 2022.
- Mitsuhashi N. et al. (2009). BodyParts3D: 3D structure database for anatomical concepts. Nucleic Acids Research 37, D782–D785. Data © The Database Center for Life Science, CC BY 4.0.
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