Middle temporal branch of left lateral occipital artery

Looks like

A branch of the lateral occipital artery running across the middle of the underside of the temporal lobe.

What it does

Supplies the middle of the underside of the temporal lobe.

Keeping it well

Rarely affected alone; part of posterior cerebral strokes.

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)