polar frontal artery
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Artery — A vessel that carries blood that is high in oxygen content away from the heart to the farthest reaches of the body. Since blood in arteries is usually full of oxygen, the hemoglobin in the red blood cells is oxygenated. The resultant form of… … Medical dictionary
Middle cerebral artery — Artery: Middle cerebral artery Outer surface of cerebral hemisphere, showing areas supplied by cerebral arteries. (Pink is region supplied by middle cerebral artery.) … Wikipedia
arteria — SYN: artery. SEE ALSO: branch. [L. from G. a., the windpipe, later an artery as distinct from a vein] a. acetabuli SYN: acetabular branch. arteriae alveolares superiores anteriores [TA] SYN: anterior superior alveolar arteries, under artery. a.… … Medical dictionary
arteria polaris frontalis — [TA] polar frontal artery: origin, postcommunicating part of anterior cerebral artery; branches, none; distribution, frontal pole of cerebral hemisphere. Called also frontopolar artery … Medical dictionary
arteria cerebri anterior — [TA] anterior cerebral artery: divided into two parts, the precommunicating part (pars precommunicalis), and the postcommunicating part (pars postcommunicalis); origin, internal carotid artery; branches, (precommunicating part) anteromedial… … Medical dictionary
pars postcommunicalis arteriae cerebri anterioris — [TA] postcommunicating part of anterior cerebral artery: collectively, the branches of the anterior cerebral artery that supply the cortex of the medial parts of the frontal and parietal lobes, comprising the distal medial striate, medial… … Medical dictionary
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