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Posterior cerebral aery is a branch of which of these?

A
Veerbral aery
B
Basilar aery
C
Posterior cerebral aery
D
Posterior choroidal aery
High-Yield Explanation
Posterior cerebral aeries are the terminal branches of basilar aery. Basilar aery is formed by the union of two veebral aeries at the lower border of pons.It ascends in the basilar sulcus on the ventral aspect of the pons in the cisterna pontis and terminates at the upper border of pons by dividing into left and right posterior cerebral aeries. (Ref: Vishram Singh textbook of clinical neuroanatomy, second edition pg - 174)

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