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Pontine arteries

Field	Value
Name	Pontine arteries
Latin	arteriae ad pontem
Width	335
Image	Circle of Willis en.svg
Caption	Diagram of the arterial circulation at the base of the brain. (Pontine labeled at center left.)
BranchFrom	Basilar artery
Supplies	Pons

The pontine arteries are a number of small arteries which come off at right angles from either side of the basilar artery and supply the pons and adjacent parts of the brain. The pontine arteries include the paramedian arteries, the short circumferential, and the long circumferential arteries.

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Image:Gray516.png|The arteries of the base of the brain. Image:Human brainstem blood supply description.JPG|Human brainstem blood supply

References

(2010). "Essential Neuroscience". Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

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