Any of the three main (pairs of) arteries, or branches thereof, which perfuse the cerebrum of the brain

Reperfusion, blood flow through brain

Ischaemia, blood flow through brain

Anatomy and botany: top left, arteries in thorax and abdomen; top right, superior section of the brain; centre left, lateral distortion owing to chronic pleurisy; centre right, part of the lung; bottom, foxglove and aconite. Coloured engraving, 1834-1837.

The Circle of Willis.

Qual a razão por que a natureza não deo ás arterias cerebraes o mesmogrào de elasticidade, que ás mais? : these sustentada no dia 20 de abril de 1846, perante o jury medico / por João José Barbosa de Oliveira.

Morphological studies on the large cerebral arteries : with reference to the aetiology of subarachnoid haemorrhage / by Ove Hassler.

1 print : engraving, with watercolour ; platemark 29.5 x 20.5 cm

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Ischaemia, blood flow through brain

The Circle of Willis.

Qual a razão por que a natureza não deo ás arterias cerebraes o mesmogrào de elasticidade, que ás mais? : these sustentada no dia 20 de abril de 1846, perante o jury medico / por João José Barbosa de Oliveira.

Morphological studies on the large cerebral arteries : with reference to the aetiology of subarachnoid haemorrhage / by Ove Hassler.

Anatomy and botany: top left, arteries in thorax and abdomen; top right, superior section of the brain; centre left, lateral distortion owing to chronic pleurisy; centre right, part of the lung; bottom, foxglove and aconite. Coloured engraving, 1834-1837.