Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus II: Cardiovascular System: Arteries: Head, Neck, and Thorax
Ronald A. Bergman, PhD
Adel K. Afifi, MD, MS
Ryosuke Miyauchi, MD
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The posterior cerebral may course below, rather than over, the oculomotor nerve (cranial nerve 3).
It may be absent and replaced by an accessory contralateral vessel.
The posterior cerebral may provide the anterior cerebral artery.
The posterior cerebral artery may arise on one side, from the internal carotid, by an enlargement of the posterior communicating branch
The posterior communicating artery may be absent, or the branch representing it may fail to join the posterior cerebral. This was found on the right side only in 4.5%, on the left side only in 6.5%, and on both sides in 1.5%.
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