Cerebral arteries describe three main pairs of arteries and their branches, which irrigate the cerebrum of the brain. The three main arteries consist of the:

• Anterior cerebral artery (ACA)
• Middle cerebral artery (MCA)
• Posterior cerebral artery (PCA)

Both the ACA and MCA originate from the cerebral portion of internal carotid artery, while PCA branches from the intersection of the posterior communicating artery and the anterior portion of the basilar artery. The three pairs of arteries are linked via the anterior communicating artery and the posterior communicating arteries. All three arteries send out arteries that perforate brain in the medial central portions prior to branching and bifurcating further.

The arteries are usually divided into different segments from 1-4 or 5 to denote how far the level of the branch with the lower numbers denoting vessels closer to the source artery. Even though the arteries branching off these vessels retain some aspect of constancy in terms of size and position, a great amount of variety in topography, position, source and prominence nevertheless exists.^[1][2]

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v • d • e List of arteries of head and neck (TA A12.2.05-08, GA 6.549) CC EC sup. thyroid superior laryngeal · sternocleidomastoid branch · infrahyoid branch · cricothyroid branch · glandular branches asc. pharyngeal posterior meningeal · pharyngeal branches · inferior tympanic lingual suprahyoid · dorsal lingual · deep lingual · sublingual facial cervical branches (ascending palatine, tonsillar, submental, glandular) · facial branches (inferior labial, superior labial / nasal septum, lateral nasal, angular) occipital sternocleidomastoid · meningeal · occipital · auricular · descending post. auricular stylomastoid · stapedial · auricular · occipital sup. temporal transverse facial · middle temporal (zygomatico-orbital) · anterior auricular · frontal · parietal maxillary 1st part / mandibular anterior tympanic · deep auricular · middle meningeal (superior tympanic, petrosal) · accessory meningeal · inferior alveolar (mental, mylohyoid) 2nd part / pterygoid to muscles of mastication (deep temporal, pterygoid, masseteric) · buccal 3rd part / pterygopalatine posterior superior alveolar · infraorbital (anterior superior alveolar) · descending palatine (greater palatine, lesser palatine) · artery of the pterygoid canal · sphenopalatine (posterior septal branches, posterior lateral nasal) · pharyngeal IC cervical carotid sinus petrous Vidian · caroticotympanic cavernous/ ophthalmic orbital group: posterior ethmoidal · anterior ethmoidal (anterior septal, anterior lateral nasal, anterior meningeal) · lacrimal (lateral palpebral) · medial palpebral · terminal (supraorbital, supratrochlear, dorsal nasal) ocular group: central retinal · ciliary (short posterior, long posterior, anterior) · hypophysial (superior, inferior) Willis/Cerebral ACA (anterior communicating) · MCA (anterolateral central, Orbitofrontal artery, Prefrontal artery, Superior terminal branch, Inferior terminal branch, Anterior temporal branch) · posterior communicating · anterior choroidal SC vertebral artery meningeal · spinal (posterior, anterior) · basilar: pontine · labyrinthine · cerebellar (AICA, SCA, PICA)  · cerebral (PCA) thyrocervical trunk inferior thyroid inferior laryngeal · tracheal · esophageal · ascending cervical · pharyngeal · glandular branches transverse cervical superficial branch · deep branch / dorsal scapular suprascapular acromial branch costocervical trunk deep cervical · Supreme Intercostal artery