Pontine arteries

{{Infobox Artery

| Name = Pontine arteries

| Latin = arteriae ad pontem

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| Image = Circle of Willis en.svg

| Caption = Diagram of the arterial circulation at the base of the brain. (Pontine labeled at center left.)

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| BranchFrom = Basilar artery

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| Vein =

| Supplies = Pons

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The pontine arteries are a number of small arteries which come off at right angles from either side of the basilar artery and supply the pons and adjacent parts of the brain. The pontine arteries include the paramedian arteries, the short circumferential, and the long circumferential arteries.{{cite book|last1=Siegel|first1=Allan|last2=Sapru|first2=Hreday N.|title=Essential Neuroscience|date=2010|publisher=Lippincott Williams & Wilkins|isbn=9780781783835|page=[https://archive.org/details/essentialneurosc0000sieg_c0n4/page/51 51]|url=https://archive.org/details/essentialneurosc0000sieg_c0n4|url-access=registration|quote=Pontine arteries supply pons.|access-date=7 March 2018|language=en}}{{efn|Refer to diagram.}}