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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background-color:pink">Inferior hypophyseal artery</th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em">Source</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cavernous_carotid_artery" class="mw-redirect" title="Cavernous carotid artery">Cavernous carotid artery</a> from <a href="/wiki/Internal_carotid_artery" title="Internal carotid artery">internal carotid artery</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em">Supplies</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Posterior_pituitary" title="Posterior pituitary">Posterior pituitary</a> of <a href="/wiki/Pituitary_gland" title="Pituitary gland">pituitary gland</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Identifiers</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>arteria hypophysialis inferior</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Terminologia_Anatomica" title="Terminologia Anatomica">TA98</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ifaa.unifr.ch/Public/EntryPage/TA98%20Tree/Entity%20TA98%20EN/12.2.06.012%20Entity%20TA98%20EN.htm">A12.2.06.012</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Terminologia_Anatomica" title="Terminologia Anatomica">TA2</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ta2viewer.openanatomy.org/?id=4467">4467</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Foundational_Model_of_Anatomy" title="Foundational Model of Anatomy">FMA</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/FMA/?p=classes&conceptid=http%3A%2F%2Fpurl.org%2Fsig%2Font%2Ffma%2Ffma49846">49846</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><a href="/wiki/Anatomical_terminology" title="Anatomical terminology">Anatomical terminology</a><div style="text-align: right;"><small class="noprint">[<a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4319460" class="extiw" title="d:Q4319460">edit on Wikidata</a>]</small></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>inferior hypophysial artery</b> is an artery in the head. It is a branch of the <a href="/wiki/Cavernous_carotid_artery" class="mw-redirect" title="Cavernous carotid artery">cavernous carotid artery</a>, itself from the <a href="/wiki/Internal_carotid_artery" title="Internal carotid artery">internal carotid artery</a>. It supplies the <a href="/wiki/Posterior_pituitary" title="Posterior pituitary">posterior pituitary</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Pituitary_gland" title="Pituitary gland">pituitary gland</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Structure">Structure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Inferior_hypophysial_artery&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The inferior hypophysial artery is a branch of the <a href="/wiki/Cavernous_carotid_artery" class="mw-redirect" title="Cavernous carotid artery">cavernous carotid artery</a>, itself from the <a href="/wiki/Internal_carotid_artery" title="Internal carotid artery">internal carotid artery</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Marieb_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Marieb-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Alternatively, it may arise from the <a href="/wiki/Meningohypophyseal_artery" title="Meningohypophyseal artery">meningohypophyseal artery</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It passes across the middle of the <a href="/wiki/Cavernous_sinus" title="Cavernous sinus">cavernous sinus</a>. It reaches the lateral surface of the posterior pituitary.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It merges with the other inferior hypophysial artery.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The inferior hypophysial artery may give off the medial clival artery.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Function">Function</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Inferior_hypophysial_artery&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Function"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The inferior hypophysial artery supplies the <a href="/wiki/Pituitary_gland" title="Pituitary gland">pituitary gland</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> specifically the <a href="/wiki/Posterior_pituitary" title="Posterior pituitary">posterior pituitary</a> (neurohypophysis).<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is important for distributing <a href="/wiki/Vasopressin" title="Vasopressin">vasopressin</a> into the bloodstream.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Inferior_hypophysial_artery&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The inferior hypophysial artery was first identified in 1860 by <a href="/wiki/Hubert_von_Luschka" title="Hubert von Luschka">Hubert von Luschka</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Inferior_hypophysial_artery&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span 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style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/External_carotid_artery" title="External carotid artery">ECA</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Superior_thyroid_artery" title="Superior thyroid artery">sup. thyroid</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Superior_laryngeal_artery" class="mw-redirect" title="Superior laryngeal artery">superior laryngeal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sternocleidomastoid_branch_of_superior_thyroid_artery" class="mw-redirect" title="Sternocleidomastoid branch of superior thyroid artery">sternocleidomastoid branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Infrahyoid_branch_of_superior_thyroid_artery" class="mw-redirect" title="Infrahyoid branch of superior thyroid artery">infrahyoid branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cricothyroid_branch_of_superior_thyroid_artery" class="mw-redirect" title="Cricothyroid branch of superior thyroid artery">cricothyroid branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glandular_branches_of_the_superior_thyroid_artery" class="mw-redirect" title="Glandular branches of the superior thyroid artery">glandular branches</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ascending_pharyngeal_artery" title="Ascending pharyngeal artery">asc. pharyngeal</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Posterior_meningeal_artery" title="Posterior meningeal artery">posterior meningeal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pharyngeal_branches_of_ascending_pharyngeal_artery" class="mw-redirect" title="Pharyngeal branches of ascending pharyngeal artery">pharyngeal branches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inferior_tympanic_artery" title="Inferior tympanic artery">inferior tympanic</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Lingual_artery" title="Lingual artery">lingual</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Suprahyoid_branch_of_lingual_artery" class="mw-redirect" title="Suprahyoid branch of lingual artery">suprahyoid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorsal_lingual_branches_of_lingual_artery" class="mw-redirect" title="Dorsal lingual branches of lingual artery">dorsal lingual</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deep_lingual_artery" class="mw-redirect" title="Deep lingual artery">deep lingual</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sublingual_artery" class="mw-redirect" title="Sublingual artery">sublingual</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Facial_artery" title="Facial artery">facial</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>cervical branches</i> (<a href="/wiki/Ascending_palatine_artery" title="Ascending palatine artery">ascending palatine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tonsillar_artery" title="Tonsillar artery">tonsillar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Submental_artery" title="Submental artery">submental</a>, <a href="/wiki/Glandular_branches_of_facial_artery" title="Glandular branches of facial artery">glandular</a>)</li> <li><i>facial branches</i> (<a href="/wiki/Inferior_labial_artery" title="Inferior labial artery">inferior labial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Superior_labial_artery" title="Superior labial artery">superior labial</a> / <a href="/wiki/Nasal_septum" title="Nasal septum">nasal septum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lateral_nasal_branch_of_facial_artery" title="Lateral nasal branch of facial artery">lateral nasal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angular_artery" title="Angular artery">angular</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Occipital_artery" title="Occipital artery">occipital</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sternocleidomastoid_branches_of_occipital_artery" title="Sternocleidomastoid branches of occipital artery">sternocleidomastoid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meningeal_branch_of_occipital_artery" title="Meningeal branch of occipital artery">meningeal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Occipital_branches_of_occipital_artery" title="Occipital branches of occipital artery">occipital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Auricular_branch_of_occipital_artery" title="Auricular branch of occipital artery">auricular</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Descending_branch_of_occipital_artery" title="Descending branch of occipital artery">descending</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Posterior_auricular_artery" title="Posterior auricular artery">post. auricular</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stylomastoid_artery" title="Stylomastoid artery">stylomastoid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stapedial_branch_of_posterior_auricular_artery" title="Stapedial branch of posterior auricular artery">stapedial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Auricular_branch_of_posterior_auricular_artery" title="Auricular branch of posterior auricular artery">auricular</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Occipital_branch_of_posterior_auricular_artery" title="Occipital branch of posterior auricular artery">occipital</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Superficial_temporal_artery" title="Superficial temporal artery">supf. temporal</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Transverse_facial_artery" title="Transverse facial artery">transverse facial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middle_temporal_artery" title="Middle temporal artery">middle temporal</a> (<a href="/wiki/Zygomatico-orbital_artery" title="Zygomatico-orbital artery">zygomatico-orbital</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anterior_auricular_branches_of_superficial_temporal_artery" class="mw-redirect" title="Anterior auricular branches of superficial temporal artery">anterior auricular</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frontal_branch_of_superficial_temporal_artery" class="mw-redirect" title="Frontal branch of superficial temporal artery">frontal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parietal_branch_of_superficial_temporal_artery" class="mw-redirect" title="Parietal branch of superficial temporal artery">parietal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Maxillary_artery" title="Maxillary artery">maxillary</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1st part / <a href="/wiki/Maxillary_artery#First_portion" title="Maxillary artery">mandibular</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anterior_tympanic_artery" title="Anterior tympanic artery">anterior tympanic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deep_auricular_artery" title="Deep auricular artery">deep auricular</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middle_meningeal_artery" title="Middle meningeal artery">middle meningeal</a> (<a href="/wiki/Superior_tympanic_artery" title="Superior tympanic artery">superior tympanic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Petrosal_branch_of_middle_meningeal_artery" title="Petrosal branch of middle meningeal artery">petrosal</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Accessory_meningeal_artery" title="Accessory meningeal artery">accessory meningeal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inferior_alveolar_artery" title="Inferior alveolar artery">inferior alveolar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2nd part / <a href="/wiki/Maxillary_artery#Second_portion" title="Maxillary artery">pterygoid</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Muscles_of_mastication" title="Muscles of mastication">to muscles of mastication</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Deep_temporal_arteries" title="Deep temporal arteries">deep temporal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pterygoid_branches_of_maxillary_artery" title="Pterygoid branches of maxillary artery">pterygoid</a>, <a href="/wiki/Masseteric_artery" title="Masseteric artery">masseteric</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buccal_artery" title="Buccal artery">buccal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">3rd part / <a href="/wiki/Maxillary_artery#Third_portion" title="Maxillary artery">pterygopalatine</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Posterior_superior_alveolar_artery" title="Posterior superior alveolar artery">posterior superior alveolar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Infraorbital_artery" title="Infraorbital artery">infraorbital</a> (<a href="/wiki/Anterior_superior_alveolar_arteries" class="mw-redirect" title="Anterior superior alveolar arteries">anterior superior alveolar</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Descending_palatine_artery" title="Descending palatine artery">descending palatine</a> (<a href="/wiki/Greater_palatine_artery" title="Greater palatine artery">greater palatine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lesser_palatine_arteries" title="Lesser palatine arteries">lesser palatine</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artery_of_the_pterygoid_canal" title="Artery of the pterygoid canal">artery of the pterygoid canal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sphenopalatine_artery" title="Sphenopalatine artery">sphenopalatine</a> (<a href="/wiki/Posterior_septal_branches_of_sphenopalatine_artery" title="Posterior septal branches of sphenopalatine artery">posterior septal branches</a>, <a href="/wiki/Posterior_lateral_nasal_arteries" title="Posterior lateral nasal arteries">posterior lateral nasal</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ascending_pharyngeal_artery" title="Ascending pharyngeal artery">pharyngeal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Internal_carotid_artery" title="Internal carotid artery">ICA</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Cervical_part_of_internal_carotid_artery" class="mw-redirect" title="Cervical part of internal carotid artery">cervical</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Carotid_sinus" title="Carotid sinus">carotid sinus</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Petrous_portion_of_the_internal_carotid_artery" class="mw-redirect" title="Petrous portion of the internal carotid artery">petrous</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Artery_of_the_pterygoid_canal" title="Artery of the pterygoid canal">Vidian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caroticotympanic_arteries" title="Caroticotympanic arteries">caroticotympanic</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Cavernous_part_of_internal_carotid_artery" class="mw-redirect" title="Cavernous part of internal carotid artery">cavernous</a>/<br /><a href="/wiki/Ophthalmic_artery" title="Ophthalmic artery">ophthalmic</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>orbital group:</i><a href="/wiki/Anterior_ethmoidal_artery" title="Anterior ethmoidal artery">anterior ethmoidal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Posterior_ethmoidal_artery" title="Posterior ethmoidal artery">posterior ethmoidal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lacrimal_artery" title="Lacrimal artery">lacrimal</a> (<a href="/wiki/Lateral_palpebral_arteries" title="Lateral palpebral arteries">lateral palpebral</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medial_palpebral_arteries" title="Medial palpebral arteries">medial palpebral</a></li> <li><i>terminal</i> (<a href="/wiki/Supraorbital_artery" title="Supraorbital artery">supraorbital</a>, <a href="/wiki/Supratrochlear_artery" title="Supratrochlear artery">supratrochlear</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dorsal_nasal_artery" title="Dorsal nasal artery">dorsal nasal</a>)</li></ul> <p><i>ocular group:</i> <a href="/wiki/Central_retinal_artery" title="Central retinal artery">central retinal</a> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ciliary_arteries" title="Ciliary arteries">ciliary</a> (<a href="/wiki/Short_posterior_ciliary_arteries" title="Short posterior ciliary arteries">short posterior</a>, <a href="/wiki/Long_posterior_ciliary_arteries" title="Long posterior ciliary arteries">long posterior</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anterior_ciliary_arteries" title="Anterior ciliary arteries">anterior</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Circulus_arteriosus_major" class="mw-redirect" title="Circulus arteriosus major">Circulus arteriosus major</a></li> <li><i>hypophysial</i> (<a href="/wiki/Superior_hypophysial_artery" title="Superior hypophysial artery">superior</a>, <a class="mw-selflink selflink">inferior</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Cerebral_circulation" title="Cerebral circulation">brain</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Circle_of_Willis" title="Circle of Willis">Circle of Willis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anterior_cerebral_artery" title="Anterior cerebral artery">ACA</a> (<a href="/wiki/Anterior_communicating_artery" title="Anterior communicating artery">anterior communicating</a>, <a href="/wiki/Recurrent_artery_of_Heubner" title="Recurrent artery of Heubner">Recurrent artery of Heubner</a>, <a href="/wiki/Orbitofrontal_artery" title="Orbitofrontal artery">Orbitofrontal artery</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middle_cerebral_artery" title="Middle cerebral artery">MCA</a> (<a href="/wiki/Anterolateral_central_arteries" class="mw-redirect" title="Anterolateral central arteries">anterolateral central</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Prefrontal_artery&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Prefrontal artery (page does not exist)">Prefrontal artery</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Superior_terminal_branch&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Superior terminal branch (page does not exist)">Superior terminal branch</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Inferior_terminal_branch&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Inferior terminal branch (page does not exist)">Inferior terminal branch</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Anterior_temporal_branch&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Anterior temporal branch (page does not exist)">Anterior temporal branch</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Posterior_communicating_artery" title="Posterior communicating artery">posterior communicating</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anterior_choroidal_artery" title="Anterior choroidal artery">anterior choroidal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Subclavian_artery" title="Subclavian artery">ScA</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Vertebral_artery" title="Vertebral artery">vertebral artery</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Meningeal_branches_of_vertebral_artery" title="Meningeal branches of vertebral artery">meningeal</a></li> <li><i>spinal</i> (<a href="/wiki/Posterior_spinal_artery" title="Posterior spinal artery">posterior</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anterior_spinal_artery" title="Anterior spinal artery">anterior</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basilar_artery" title="Basilar artery">basilar</a>: <a href="/wiki/Pontine_arteries" title="Pontine arteries">pontine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Labyrinthine_artery" title="Labyrinthine artery">labyrinthine</a></li> <li><i>cerebellar</i> (<a href="/wiki/Anterior_inferior_cerebellar_artery" title="Anterior inferior cerebellar artery">AICA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Superior_cerebellar_artery" title="Superior cerebellar artery">SCA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Posterior_inferior_cerebellar_artery" title="Posterior inferior cerebellar artery">PICA</a>)</li> <li><i>cerebral</i> (<a href="/wiki/Posterior_cerebral_artery" title="Posterior cerebral artery">PCA</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Thyrocervical_trunk" title="Thyrocervical trunk">thyrocervical trunk</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Inferior_thyroid_artery" title="Inferior thyroid artery">inferior thyroid</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Inferior_laryngeal_artery" class="mw-redirect" title="Inferior laryngeal artery">inferior laryngeal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tracheal_branches_of_inferior_thyroid_artery" class="mw-redirect" title="Tracheal branches of inferior thyroid artery">tracheal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Esophageal_branches_of_inferior_thyroid_artery" class="mw-redirect" title="Esophageal branches of inferior thyroid artery">esophageal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ascending_cervical_artery" class="mw-redirect" title="Ascending cervical artery">ascending cervical</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pharyngeal_branches_of_inferior_thyroid_artery" class="mw-redirect" title="Pharyngeal branches of inferior thyroid artery">pharyngeal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glandular_branches_of_the_inferior_thyroid_artery" class="mw-redirect" title="Glandular branches of the inferior thyroid artery">glandular branches</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Transverse_cervical_artery" title="Transverse cervical artery">transverse cervical</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Superficial_branch_of_transverse_cervical_artery" 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