Cardiovascular system
Lateral occipital artery
Arteria occipitalis lateralis
- System
- Cardiovascular system
- Regions
- Head
- Side
- Left and right
- Part of
- Posterior cerebral artery
DescriptionUnreviewed
Lateral terminal branch of the posterior cerebral artery.
It is distributed to the basal surface of the occipital lobe and to the posterior part of the temporal lobe.
Feneis 248.14
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Names
- Latin
- Arteria occipitalis lateralis
- English
- Lateral occipital artery
- French
- Artère occipitale latérale
- Spanish
- Arteria occipital lateral
- Portuguese
- Artéria occipital lateral