Thalamogeniculate artery

Thalamogeniculate artery
Details
Source	Posterior cerebral artery
Supplies	Thalamus
Identifiers
Latin	a. thalamogeniculata
TA98	A12.2.07.090
FMA	50629
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

The thalamogeniculate artery is either a single artery or group of smaller arteries[1] arising from the posterior cerebral artery (distal to the origin of the posterior communicating artery).[2][1] It is part of the posterolateral central arteries.[2] It supplies parts of the thalamus (including the geniculate nuclei).[2][1]

Anatomy

Distribution

According to the 42th Edition of Gray's Anatomy, the thalamogeniculate arteries supply the posterior thalamus, and medial geniculate nucleus.[2]

According to the Medical Dictionary of the French Academy of Medicine, it supplies the ventral lateral nucleus of thalamus, and the geniculate nuclei.[1]

Clinical significance

A loss of supply of this artery presents clinically with sensory disturbances, and restlessness.[3]

References

1. "Thalamogeniculate artery - Dictionnaire médical de l'Académie de Médecine". www.academie-medecine.fr. Retrieved 2024-07-02.
2. Standring, Susan (2020). Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice (42th ed.). New York: Elsevier. p. 419. ISBN 978-0-7020-7707-4. OCLC 1201341621.
3. Waschke, Jens; Böckers, Tobias M.; Paulsen, Friedrich; Arnold, Wolfgang; Bechmann, Ingo, eds. (2018). Sobotta Anatomy Textbook: English Edition with Latin Nomenclature (1st ed.). München: Elsevier. p. 660. ISBN 978-0-7020-6760-0.