Anterior parietal artery

Looks like

A middle cerebral branch running up over the front part of the parietal lobe.

What it does

Supplies the sensory cortex and the adjoining parietal lobe.

Keeping it well

Part of middle cerebral strokes; loss of feeling or neglect of one side are typical signs.

Related conditions

• Brain aneurysm
• Carotid artery stenosis
• High blood pressure
• High cholesterol
• Hypothermia & frostbite
• Ischaemic stroke
• Kawasaki disease
• Metabolic syndrome
• Orthostatic hypotension & POTS
• Peripheral artery disease
• Phaeochromocytoma & hyperaldosteronism
• Pre-eclampsia
• Raynaud's phenomenon
• Retinal artery occlusion (eye stroke)
• Sepsis
• Shock (circulatory failure)
• Takayasu arteritis
• Transient ischaemic attack
• Vasculitis (GCA & others)