Anatom3DHypothalamic branch of posterior communicating artery
Rami hypothalamici arteriae communicantis posterioris · Hypotalamické větve zadní spojovací tepny
Heart & arteries
Looks like
Tiny perforating branches from the posterior communicating artery that enter the underside of the brain.
What it does
Supply the hypothalamus, which controls hormones, temperature, hunger and thirst, and nearby thalamus.
Keeping it well
At risk during aneurysm and pituitary surgery; damage can upset hormones and body temperature.
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)