Cardiovascular system
Posterior inferior cerebellar artery
Arteria cerebelli inferior posterior
- System
- Cardiovascular system
- Regions
- Head
- Side
- Left and right
- Part of
- Vertebral artery
DescriptionUnreviewed
The posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA) is the largest branch of the vertebral artery.
It is one of the three main arteries that supply blood to the cerebellum, a part of the brain.
Blockage of the posterior inferior cerebellar artery can result in a type of stroke called lateral medullary syndrome.
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Names
- Latin
- Arteria cerebelli inferior posterior
- English
- Posterior inferior cerebellar artery
- French
- Artère cérébelleuse inféropostérieure
- Spanish
- Arteria cerebelosa inferior posterior
- Portuguese
- Artéria cerebelar inferior posterior