Anatom3DPrecuneal branch of pericallosal artery
Ramus precuneus arteriae pericallosae · Precuneální větev perikalózní tepny
Heart & arteries
Looks like
A branch of the pericallosal artery running back over the inner surface of the parietal lobe (the precuneus).
What it does
Supplies the precuneus, involved in spatial awareness and self-reflection.
Keeping it well
Rarely affected alone; seen on angiograms, and matters in surgery near the midline.
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)