Inferior hypophysial artery

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Artery: Inferior hypophyseal artery
Latin arteria hypophysialis inferior
Gray's subject #146 568
Supplies Pituitary gland
Source Cavernous part of internal carotid artery   
Dorlands
/ Elsevier     		a_61/12154503

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]



The inferior hypophysial artery is an artery supplying the pituitary gland. It is a branch of the cavernous carotid artery.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Gibo H, Hokama M, Kyoshima K, Kobayashi S (1993). "Arteries to the pituitary". Nippon Rinsho 51 (10): 2550-4. PMID 8254920.
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List of arteries of head and neck
CC/EC
sup. thyroid superior laryngeal - sternocleidomastoid branch - infrahyoid branch - cricothyroid branch - glandular branches
asc. pharyngeal posterior meningeal - pharyngeal branches - inferior tympanic
lingual suprahyoid - dorsal lingual - deep lingual - sublingual
facial cervical branches (ascending palatine, tonsillar, submental, glandular) - facial branches (inferior labial, superior labial/nasal septum, lateral nasal, angular)
occipital sternocleidomastoid - meningeal - occipital - auricular - descending
post. auricular stylomastoid - stapedial - auricular - occipital
sup. temporal transverse facial - middle temporal (zygomatico-orbital) - anterior auricular - frontal - parietal
maxillary 1st part/mandibular: anterior tympanic - deep auricular - middle meningeal (superior tympanic, petrosal) - accessory meningeal - inferior alveolar (mental, mylohyoid)

2nd part/pterygoid: to muscles of mastication (deep temporal, pterygoid, masseteric) - buccal

3rd part/pterygopalatine: posterior superior alveolar - infraorbital (anterior superior alveolar) - descending palatine (greater palatine, lesser palatine) - artery of the pterygoid canal - sphenopalatine (posterior septal branches, posterior lateral nasal)
CC/IC
cervical carotid sinus
petrous Vidian - caroticotympanic
cavernous/
ophthalmic		 orbital group: posterior ethmoidal - anterior ethmoidal (anterior septal, anterior lateral nasal, anterior meningeal) - lacrimal (lateral palpebral) - medial palpebral - terminal (supraorbital, supratrochlear, dorsal nasal)
ocular group: central retinal - ciliary (short posterior, long posterior, anterior) - hypophysial (superior, inferior)
cerebral/Willis ACA (anterior communicating) - MCA (anterolateral central, lenticulostriate) - posterior communicating - anterior choroidal
SC
vertebral artery meningeal - spinal (posterior, anterior) - cerebellar (PICA)
basilar: pontine - labyrinthine - cerebellar (AICA, SCA) - cerebral (PCA)
thyrocervical trunk inferior thyroid: inferior laryngeal - tracheal - esophageal - ascending cervical - pharyngeal - glandular branches

transverse cervical: superficial branch - deep branch/dorsal scapular

suprascapular: acromial branch
costocervical trunk deep cervical


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