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Short circumferential arteries

Arteriae circumferentiales breves

Definition

Antoine Micheau

The short circumferential arteries are branches of the P1 or P2 segments of PCA that ascend along the lateral surface of the mesencephalon, supplying the tegmentum of midbrain and the base of the peduncle.

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