Medial frontobasal artery

Looks like

An early branch of the anterior cerebral artery running forward on the underside of the frontal lobe near the midline (medial orbitofrontal artery).

What it does

Supplies the inner part of the underside of the frontal lobe and the smell tract.

Keeping it well

Can be stretched by tumours above the eye sockets; rarely blocked on its own.

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)