Medial branch of right pontine artery

Looks like

Short pontine branches diving straight into the middle of the pons near the midline.

What it does

Supply the central pons, including the main movement tracts.

Keeping it well

A stroke here can weaken one side of the body; a larger one can lead to locked-in syndrome.

Related conditions

• High blood pressure
• High cholesterol
• Hypothermia & frostbite
• Kawasaki disease
• Metabolic syndrome
• Orthostatic hypotension & POTS
• Peripheral artery disease
• Phaeochromocytoma & hyperaldosteronism
• Pre-eclampsia
• Raynaud's phenomenon
• Sepsis
• Shock (circulatory failure)
• Vasculitis (GCA & others)