The internal carotid aery has four segments: the cervical, the intrapetrosal, the cavernous, and the cerebral. Which is NOT a branch of cavernous pa of internal carotid aery?
The cavernous pa of the internal carotid aery gives rise to numerous small branches:Cavernous branches: Supply the trigeminal ganglion, the walls of the cavernous, and inferior petrosal sinuses, and the nerves contained.A minute meningeal branch: Supply dura mater and bone in the anterior cranial fossa.Numerous small hypophysial branches: Supply the neurohypophysis to form the pituitary poal system. Ref: Gray's Clinical Neuroanatomy By Elliott L. Mancall, David G. Brock, 2011, Page 93.
Cavernous branch
Inferior hypophyseal aery
Meningeal aery
Ophthalmic aery