The internal carotid aery has four segments: the cervical, the intrapetrosal, the cavernous, and the cerebral. Which is NOT a branch of cavernous pa of internal carotid aery?
Cavernous branch
Inferior hypophyseal aery
Meningeal aery
Ophthalmic aery
The cavernous pa of the internal carotid aery gives rise to numerous small branches:Cavernous branches: Supply the trigeminal ganglion, the walls of the cavernous, and inferior petrosal sinuses, and the nerves contained.A minute meningeal branch: Supply dura mater and bone in the anterior cranial fossa.Numerous small hypophysial branches: Supply the neurohypophysis to form the pituitary poal system. Ref: Gray's Clinical Neuroanatomy By Elliott L. Mancall, David G. Brock, 2011, Page 93.