Question 5 / 19:  This area of cortex is supplied by branches of the
A.  Posterior cerebral artery.
B.  Middle cerebral artery.
C.  Anterior cerebral artery.
D.  Anterior choroidal artery.
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Explanation:

The posterior cerebral artery comes off the basilar artery. Its branches include the calcarine artery which supplies the visual cortex (circled).

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Neuroanatomy 07 The Visual System

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Attribution:  Stephen C. Voron, M.D., Suzanne S. Stensaas, Ph.D. , Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Utah, School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah 84132, http://library.med.utah.edu/kw/hyperbrain
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