Blood supply of internal capsule comes from 3 main arteries they are
Lateral striate branches of middle cerebral artery.
Medial striate branches of anterior cerebral artery.
Anterior choroidal branches of internal carotid artery.
Lateral striate branches of middle cerebral artery supply
Medial striate branches of anterior cerebral artery.
Anterior choroidal branches of internal carotid artery.
Lateral striate branches of middle cerebral artery supply
- Anterior limb.
- Genu.
- Posterior limb.
- Basal ganglia.
- Anterior limb.
- Genu.
- Basal ganglia.
- Posterior limb.
- Retrolenticular part.
- Ant cerebral artery through medial striate branch.
- Middle cerebral artery through lateralstriate and lenticulostriate branches.
- Anterior cerebral artery through medial striate branch.
- Middle cerebral artery through lateral striate and lenticulostriate branch.
- Branches of internal carotid artery.
- Middle cerebral artery through lateral striate and lenticulostriate branch. It is called Charcot’s artery of cerebral haemorrhage.
- Anterior choroidal artery, direct branch of internal carotid artery As it is long and slender it has tendency to get thrombosis.