[Arterial vascularization of the corpus callosum in man]

The blood supply of the corpus callosum in Man is studied in 20 brains by injecting the vascular system with gelatinous indian ink. The arterial vascularization of the corpus callosum is derived, although in an unequal way, from both of the arterial systems of the brain: the carotid system and the vertebral-basilar system. The carotid system contributes mainly to this supply by the anterior cerebral artery which is the main artery of the corpus callosum. It accessorily contributes to it by the anterior communicating artery which gives off an inconstant artery called median artery of the corpus callosum. The vertebral-basilar system contributes to the blood supply of the corpus callosum by the terminal branches and by choroidal branches of the posterior cerebral artery. These various arteries give off perforating arteries which are direct or indirect, short, of middle length or long. Inside the corpus callosum, these various arteries give off numerous terminal and collateral branches which run between the nervous fibers. They anastomose with homologous neighbouring branches to form a characteristic vascular network. The arrangement of this network is in close connection with the disposition and the orientation of the commisural fibers which form the different parts of the corpus callosum.