anterior cerebral artery

E712647

The anterior cerebral artery is a major branch of the internal carotid artery that supplies blood to the medial aspects of the frontal and parietal lobes, including regions involved in personality, decision-making, and motor control of the lower limbs.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf artery ⓘ
cerebral artery ⓘ
branchOf internal carotid artery ⓘ
clinicalSignificance aneurysm at ACom–ACA junction can compress optic chiasm ⓘ
infarct causes contralateral sensory loss in lower limb ⓘ
infarct causes contralateral weakness of lower limb ⓘ
infarct may cause abulia ⓘ
infarct may cause personality changes ⓘ
infarct may cause urinary incontinence ⓘ
connectedBy anterior communicating artery ⓘ
course passes over optic chiasm ⓘ
runs anteromedially from internal carotid artery ⓘ
runs within interhemispheric fissure ⓘ
forms anterior portion of circle of Willis ⓘ
givesBranch anterior communicating artery ⓘ
callosomarginal artery ⓘ
frontopolar artery ⓘ
medial lenticulostriate arteries ⓘ
orbitofrontal artery ⓘ
paracentral artery ⓘ
pericallosal artery ⓘ
posterior internal frontal arteries ⓘ
hasSegment A1 segment ⓘ
A2 segment ⓘ
A3 segment ⓘ
A4 segment ⓘ
A5 segment ⓘ
laterality left anterior cerebral artery ⓘ
right anterior cerebral artery ⓘ
origin cerebral part of internal carotid artery ⓘ
pairedWith contralateral anterior cerebral artery ⓘ
partOf cerebral circulation ⓘ
supplies anterior four-fifths of corpus callosum ⓘ
anterior limb of internal capsule ⓘ
cingulate gyrus ⓘ
linked to: Cingulate gyrus

corpus callosum ⓘ
foot area of motor cortex ⓘ
head of caudate nucleus ⓘ
leg area of motor cortex ⓘ
medial frontal lobe ⓘ
medial parietal lobe ⓘ
medial prefrontal cortex ⓘ
linked to: prefrontal cortex

medial primary motor cortex ⓘ
medial primary somatosensory cortex ⓘ
paracentral lobule ⓘ
parts of basal ganglia ⓘ
superior medial parietal lobule ⓘ
supplementary motor area ⓘ
suppliesFunction aspects of decision-making and executive function ⓘ
aspects of personality and motivation ⓘ
motor control of lower limbs ⓘ
somatosensory perception from lower limbs ⓘ

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prefrontal cortex → suppliedBy → anterior cerebral artery ⓘ
primary motor cortex → bloodSupply → anterior cerebral artery ⓘ
anterior cerebral artery → givesBranch → callosomarginal artery ⓘ
linked to: anterior cerebral artery
anterior cerebral artery → givesBranch → paracentral artery ⓘ
linked to: anterior cerebral artery
anterior cerebral artery → pairedWith → contralateral anterior cerebral artery ⓘ
linked to: anterior cerebral artery
anterior cerebral artery → laterality → right anterior cerebral artery ⓘ
linked to: anterior cerebral artery
corticospinal tract → bloodSupplyRelatedTo → anterior cerebral artery ⓘ
superior frontal gyrus → arterialSupply → anterior cerebral artery ⓘ
posterior cerebral artery branches → anastomosesWith → anterior cerebral artery branches ⓘ
linked to: anterior cerebral artery
internal carotid artery → terminatesAs → anterior cerebral artery ⓘ
lenticulostriate arteries → alsoBranchOf → anterior cerebral artery ⓘ