- ramus occipitotemporalis arteriae occipitalis medialis
- [TA] occipitotemporal branch of medial occipital artery: a branch that supplies the occipital and temporal areas of the cerebral cortex.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
Ramus — In anatomy, a branch, such as a branch of a blood vessel or nerve. For example, the ramus acetabularis arteriae circumflexae femoris medialis is the branch of an artery that goes to the socket of the hip joint. The plural of ramus is rami. * * *… … Medical dictionary
Sulcus — From the Latin for a groove, furrow, or trench. In medicine, there are many sulci (plural of sulcus) as, for example, the superior pulmonary sulcus. * * * 1. [TA] One of the grooves or furrows on the surface of the brain, bounding the several… … Medical dictionary