C h a p t e r 3 7
Disorders of Brain Function
931
Middle cerebral
Anterior cerebral
Anterior spinal
Anterior communicating
Internal carotid
Posterior communicating
Posterior cerebral
Basilar
Vertebral
Superficial temporal
Posterior auricular
Occipital
Vertebral
Internal carotid
Common carotid
External carotid
Infraorbital
Internal maxillary
Transverse facial
Facial
A
B
FIGURE 37-12.
Cerebral circulation.
(A)
The internal carotid artery ascends to the base of the brain.
The right vertebral artery is also shown as it ascends through the transverse foramina of the cervical
vertebrae.
(B)
The cerebral arterial circle (circle of Willis).
Visual
cortex
Auditory
area
Frontal
eye field
Premotor
cortex
Motor
cortex
Somatosensory
cortex
Superior division
of middle
cerebral artery
Inferior division
of middle
cerebral artery
Somatosensory
association
Wernicke
aphasia area
FIGURE 37-13.
Lateral view of the cerebral
hemisphere, showing areas of the cortex supplied by
the superior and inferior divisions of the middle
cerebral artery.
