Pontine arteries

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Artery: Pontine arteries
Diagram of the arterial circulation at the base of the brain. (Pontine labeled at center left.)
Latin arteriae pontis
Gray's subject #148 580
Supplies pons
Source basilar artery   
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The pontine arteries are a number of small vessels which come off at right angles from either side of the basilar artery and supply the pons and adjacent parts of the brain.[1]

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  1. ^ Refer to diagram.

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The arteries of the base of the brain.

Human brainstem blood supply
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List of arteries of head and neck
CC/EC
cervical branches (ascending palatine, tonsillar, submental, glandular) - facial branches (inferior labial, superior labial/nasal septum, lateral nasal, angular)
CC/IC
orbital group: posterior ethmoidal - anterior ethmoidal (anterior septal, anterior lateral nasal, anterior meningeal) - lacrimal (lateral palpebral) - medial palpebral - terminal (supraorbital, supratrochlear, dorsal nasal)
ocular group: central retinal - ciliary (short posterior, long posterior, anterior) - hypophysial (superior, inferior)
SC
meningeal - spinal (posterior, anterior) - cerebellar (PICA)
basilar: pontine - labyrinthine - cerebellar (AICA, SCA) - cerebral (PCA)