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The frontopolar artery (aka polar frontal artery) arises from the postcommunicating part of the anterior cerebral artery. It travels anteriorly along the medial surface of the cerebral hemisphere, towards its frontal pole.
The polar frontal artery provides an arterial supply to the anterior part of the medial surface of the frontal lobe, and the frontal pole.
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Anterior Cerebral Artery
The A2 segment of the anterior cerebral artery is the vertical or postcommunicating segment that turns sharply superiorly within the interhemispheric fissure and courses anterior to the rostrum of the corpus callosum, with an anatomically defined transition to the A3 segment at the genu of the corpus callosum.
