Middle temporal branch of middle cerebral artery

Looks like

A middle cerebral branch running down over the middle of the temporal lobe's outer surface.

What it does

Supplies the middle temporal gyrus, involved in understanding language and seeing motion.

Keeping it well

Part of larger middle cerebral strokes; seen on angiography.

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)