A patient has recently suffered a cerebrovascular accident and demonstrates left-sided hemiplegia with the leg more severely affected than the arm.The most likely location of this patient's infarction is which one of the following arteries?

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Occlusion of the anterior cerebral artery results in contralateral hemiplegia and hemisensory loss.These deficits are more severe in the lower limb than in the face and upper extremity because the medial sensorimotor cortex and adjacent white matter are affected.Because neurons regulating movement and sensation in the upper limb and face are more laterally located in the cerebral cortex,occlusion of the middle cerebral artery usually produces greater deficits in the upper limb and face.

A Patient Has Recently Suffered a Cerebrovascular Accident and Demonstrates