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. 2019 Jan 16;316(4):R301–R317. doi: 10.1152/ajpregu.00396.2018

Fig. 2.

Fig. 2.

The rete mirabile (“marvelous meshwork”). Left: Vesalius’s 1538 diagram, including the rete mirabile (yellow arrow). Right: the rete mirabile (rm) of a sheep. ba, Basilar artery; ci, internal carotid artery; cr, rostral cerebral artery; cm, middle cerebral artery; ma, maximillary artery; RZ, Retezuflüsse (rete tributaries).