Superior cerebellar artery

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The superior cerebellar artery ( Latin for "upper cerebellar artery"; in clinical jargon also SCA , after English superior cerebellar artery ) is a pair of arterial blood vessels and one of the vessels supplying the brain . It usually arises as the last strong side branch of the basilar artery . Under the oculomotor nerve , which separates it from the posterior cerebral artery , it runs around the cerebral limb ( pedunculus cerebri ) backwards to the upper surface of the cerebellum. A large part of the cerebellar cortex and the upper part of the cerebellar worm belong to their supply area , while smaller side branches also supply the upper bridge .

literature

  • Theodor H. Schiebler, Walter Schmidt, Karl Zilles: Anatomie. Cytology, histology, history of development, macroscopic and microscopic human anatomy. 7th, corrected edition. Springer, Berlin et al. 1997, ISBN 3-540-61856-2 .
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