Preferred Label : superior cerebellar artery;
Uberon definition : The superior cerebellar artery (SCA) arises near the termination of the basilar artery.
It passes lateralward, immediately below the oculomotor nerve, which separates it
from the posterior cerebral artery, winds around the cerebral peduncle, close to the
trochlear nerve, and, arriving at the upper surface of the cerebellum, divides into
branches which ramify in the pia mater and anastomose with those of the inferior cerebellar
arteries. Several branches are given to the pineal body, the anterior medullary velum,
and the tela chorioidea of the third ventricle. [WP,unvetted].;
Origin ID : 0001635;
UMLS CUI : C0149575;
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The superior cerebellar artery (SCA) arises near the termination of the basilar artery.
It passes lateralward, immediately below the oculomotor nerve, which separates it
from the posterior cerebral artery, winds around the cerebral peduncle, close to the
trochlear nerve, and, arriving at the upper surface of the cerebellum, divides into
branches which ramify in the pia mater and anastomose with those of the inferior cerebellar
arteries. Several branches are given to the pineal body, the anterior medullary velum,
and the tela chorioidea of the third ventricle. [WP,unvetted].
