Krishnamurthy A, Nayak S R, Ganesh Kumar C, Jetti Raghu, Prabhu Latha V, Ranade Anu V, Rai Rajalakshmi
Department of Anatomy, Kasturba Medical College, Center for Basic Sciences, Bejai, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
Rom J Morphol Embryol. 2008;49(1):43-5.
Posterior cerebral artery, terminal branch of basilar artery joins the posterior communicating artery to help complete the circulus arteriosus cerebri in human beings. A study of 89 formalin-fixed brain specimen of either sex and of Indian origin has showed that the mean length and diameter of the posterior cerebral artery was 6.75 +/- 1.482 mm and 1.7 +/- 0.7 mm respectively. Anomalous origin of the posterior cerebral artery was the only variation found during the present study. The incidence of occurrence of the particular variant was 2.2%. The variation did not have any sex or side predilection.
