Abstract
The anterior cerebral artery (ACA) is the smaller of the two terminal branches of the internal carotid artery (ICA). It is considered the direct embryonic continuation of the ICA, whereas the middle cerebral artery (MCA) is only a secondary branch of this vessel (De Vriese 1905; Abbie 1934). The ACA can be divided into several segments (Huber 1979) (Fig. 4.1).
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Bradac, G.B. (2011). Anterior Cerebral Artery. In: Cerebral Angiography. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-15678-6_4
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