Left posterior cerebral artery

Looks like

One of the two end branches of the basilar artery, curving back around the midbrain to the underside and back of the brain.

What it does

Supplies the visual cortex, the underside of the temporal lobe, the thalamus and part of the midbrain.

Keeping it well

Its stroke usually causes sudden loss of half the field of vision, sometimes memory loss. Sudden vision loss needs an ambulance.

Its parts

• Left lateral occipital artery
• Left medial occipital artery
• Left posterior medial choroidal artery
• Left thalamoperforating artery
• Left thalamogeniculate artery

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)