Educational objective: The anterior cerebral artery (ACA) supp | Surgery collections Videos and quizez 2021

Educational objective: The anterior cerebral artery (ACA) supplies the medial aspects of the frontal and parietal lobes, which contain the upper motor neurons responsible for contralateral lower extremity motor control. Thromboembolic occlusion of the ACA characteristically results in contralateral lower extremity weakness with hyperreflexia.