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The dura mater of the posterior fossa is predominantly supplied by purely dural branches (without parenchymal territory associated). The most important of them are the occipital artery, the ascending pharyngeal artery, and the posterior meningeal artery [1, 2]. The middle meningeal artery also plays a role in the supply of the dura of the posterior fossa [1, 3]. The territory of each dural artery is in balance with each other [2]. Cerebellar arteries have a very little role in the supply of the dura. Most of their dural territories are inconstant and depend on anatomical variations or arterio-arterial anastomoses.
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Robert, T., Bonasia, S. (2023). Dural Branches of the Cerebellar Arteries. In: Robert, T., Bonasia, S., Bojanowski, M.W. (eds) Anatomy of Cranial Arteries, Embryology and Variants. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-32913-5_26
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