Branch of middle cerebral artery to angular gyrus

Looks like

One of the last branches of the middle cerebral artery, ending at the angular gyrus where the parietal, temporal and occipital lobes meet.

What it does

Supplies an area key for reading, writing and arithmetic on the dominant side.

Keeping it well

Its stroke can cause sudden trouble reading, writing, calculating or telling left from right. Sudden onset needs an ambulance.

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)