A 25-year-old man falls while skateboarding and strikes the left side of his head against a concrete retaining wall. On physical examination only a minor scalp abrasion is present at the site of the impact, with minimal bleeding that stops in 3 minutes. He is initially alert following this accident, but then became unconscious 30 minutes later. A head CT scan reveals a convex, lens-shaped area of hemorrhage centered over the left parietal region. These events are most likely to be associated with damage to which of the following parts of the intracranial vasculature?

A  Bridging veins

B  Cavernous sinus

C  Great vein of Galen

D  Inferior cerebellar artery

E  Middle meningeal artery

F  Ophthalmic branch of external carotid artery