See Also: medial occipital artery(medicine)
calcarine branch of medial occipital artery(medicine)
parietal branch of medial occipital artery(medicine)
occipital artery(medicine)
parieto-occipital artery(medicine)
sulcus of occipital artery(medicine)
lateral occipital artery(medicine)
descending branch of occipital artery(medicine)
sternocleidomastoid branch of occipital artery(medicine)
auricular branch of occipital artery(medicine)

medial occipital artery (medicine)


medial occipital artery
<anatomy, artery> One of the terminal branches of the posterior cerebral artery; it is distributed, by several named branches, to the posterior corpus callosum and the medial and superolateral portions of the occipital lobe including the visual cortex.

Synonym: arteria occipitalis medialis.