Artery of central sulcus

Looks like

A middle cerebral branch running up in the central groove that separates the frontal and parietal lobes (rolandic artery).

What it does

Supplies the strips of cortex that move and feel the face, hand and arm.

Keeping it well

Its blockage gives weakness or numbness of the opposite face and arm. Sudden onset is an emergency.

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)