Pericallosal artery at a glance
- What it is
- The distal continuation of the anterior cerebral artery along the corpus callosum.
- Location
- It continues from the anterior cerebral artery after the anterior communicating artery, curves around the genu and runs along the upper surface of the corpus callosum.
- Function
- It supplies the corpus callosum and medial parietal cortex through branches such as the precuneal and parietal arteries.
- Body system
- Cardiovascular · paired (left and right)
- FMA ID
- FMA50359 (Foundational Model of Anatomy)
Key facts
- On angiograms its curve around the genu outlines the corpus callosum.
Structures next to the pericallosal artery
The nearest named structures in the 3D model, measured from the centre of each part:
- Interventricular foramen · nervous
- Corpus callosum · nervous
- Cingulate gyrus · nervous
- Internal capsule · nervous
- Caudate nucleus · nervous
- Anterior commissure · nervous
- Third ventricle · nervous
- Anterolateral central branch of middle cerebral artery · cardiovascular
- Thalamus · nervous
- Globus pallidus · nervous
References
- Foundational Model of Anatomy: Pericallosal artery (FMA50359). 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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