Anatom3DPosterior temporal branch of middle cerebral artery
Ramus temporalis posterior arteriae cerebri mediae · Zadní spánková větev střední mozkové tepny
Heart & arteries
Looks like
A middle cerebral branch running back along the rear part of the temporal lobe.
What it does
Supplies the back of the temporal lobe, on the dominant side including language comprehension (Wernicke's area).
Keeping it well
Its stroke on the left can cause fluent speech that makes no sense with poor understanding.
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)