Corpus: Posterior temporal artery

The posterior temporal artery is a terminal branch of the middle cerebral artery (ACM) that supplies the temporal lobe.

The posterior temporal artery leaves the lateral fissure at the level of the frontoparietal operculum and then runs first into the superior temporal sulcus and then into the inferior temporal sulcus. It supplies the posterior and middle part of the superior temporal gyrus, the middle third of the medial temporal gyrus and the posterior end of the inferior temporal gyrus.