Anatom3DSphenoid part of middle cerebral artery
Pars sphenoidalis arteriae cerebri mediae · Klínová část střední mozkové tepny
Heart & arteries
Looks like
The first, horizontal stretch of the middle cerebral artery (M1), running sideways under the brain along the edge of the sphenoid bone.
What it does
Carries all middle cerebral blood outward and gives off the deep lenticulostriate branches.
Keeping it well
A clot here blocks a large area — a major stroke that can be treated by pulling the clot out (thrombectomy) if done within hours.
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)