CIRCLE OF WILLIS-POSTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY (PCOM)
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SUMMARY
ORIGIN
1. Arises from the ICA at the anterior perforated substance and runs back through the interpeduncular cistern to join the ipsilateral PCA
BRANCHES
2. Perforating branches
3. Premamillary branch (anterior thalamoperforating branch)
Image: Circle of Willis. Netter. (2014). Atlas of Human Anatomy, Sixth Edition. 6th ed. Elsevier.
Reference(s)
R.M.H McMinn (1998). Last’s anatomy: regional and applied. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone. Get it on Amazon.
Drake, Richard L., et al. Gray's Anatomy for Students. Elsevier, 2023. Get it on Amazon.
