Thalamogeniculate artery

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Thalamogeniculate artery
Details
Source Posterior cerebral artery
SuppliesThalamus
Identifiers
Latin a. thalamogeniculata
TA98 A12.2.07.090
FMA 50629
Anatomical terminology

The thalamogeniculate artery is either a single artery or group of smaller arteries [1] arising from the posterior cerebral artery (distal to the origin of the posterior communicating artery). [2] [1] It is part of the posterolateral central arteries. [2] It supplies parts of the thalamus (including the geniculate nuclei). [2] [1]

Contents

Anatomy

Distribution

Accoring to the 42th Edition of Gray's Anatomy, the thalamogeniculate arteries supply the posterior thalamus, and medial geniculate nucleus. [2]

According to the Medical Dictionary of the French Academy of Medicine, it supplies the ventral lateral nucleus of thalamus, and the geniculate nuclei. [1]

Clinical significance

A loss of supply of this artery presents clinically with sensory disturbances, and restlessness. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Thalamogeniculate artery - Dictionnaire médical de l'Académie de Médecine". www.academie-medecine.fr. Retrieved 2024-07-02.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Standring, Susan (2020). Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice (42th ed.). New York: Elsevier. p. 419. ISBN   978-0-7020-7707-4. OCLC   1201341621.
  3. Waschke, Jens; Böckers, Tobias M.; Paulsen, Friedrich; Arnold, Wolfgang; Bechmann, Ingo, eds. (2018). Sobotta Anatomy Textbook: English Edition with Latin Nomenclature (1st ed.). München: Elsevier. p. 660. ISBN   978-0-7020-6760-0.