UNLV School of Medicine Virtual Anatomy Lab

IV.A.3 Head & Back: Dura Page 3 of 5

Step 19:   (Rotate and) add the internal and common carotid arteries.
Tool Icon
Step 20:  Compare the illustration to the cadaver, and use the Draw tool to identify the major arterial supply.

Notice that the internal carotid artery makes a "step-like" pattern as it passes through the sphenoid bone and the cavernous sinus.

The external carotid arteries will be added when we discuss the arterial supply to the face and scalp.
Arteries to brain