Anatomy of middle cerebral artery

Abstract

Cerebral circulation, especially arterial, in recent decades has attracted the interest of anatomsits and clinicians. The importance of the cerebral arterial system is due to the exceptional importance of the organ that it supplies and the fact that cerebrovascular pathological processes are the leading place primary cause of morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study was to determine the morphological and topographic characteristics of the middle cerebral artery: shape, position, diameter, length; the number, types and distribution of its branches and the correlation of these vessels with adjacent brain structures. The examination was made on 50 specimens of human brain fixed in 10% formalin. The shape, postion, diameter and length of the middle cerebral artery were assessed, as well as the number, types and distribution of branches and correlation with adjacent brain structures. We present the obtained results and the most common variations. The importance of the MCA is a result of the significance of the structures it supplies.