middle cerebral artery
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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
Middle cerebral artery syndrome — Classification and external resources Outer surface of cerebral hemisphere, showing areas supplied by cerebral arteries. (Pink is region supplied by middle cerebral artery.) ICD 10 G … Wikipedia
middle cerebral artery stroke — the most common type of stroke syndrome, involving infarction or ischemia of part of the territory served by the middle cerebral artery … Medical dictionary
middle cerebral artery — noun one of two branches of the internal carotid artery; divides into three branches • Hypernyms: ↑cerebral artery, ↑arteria cerebri … Useful english dictionary
opercular part of middle cerebral artery — the third segment of the middle cerebral artery (M3 segment), beginning at the top of the insula as the vessel turns laterally within the lateral cerebral (sylvian) fissure, passing through and supplying the opercula, and ending at the lateral… … Medical dictionary
segments of middle cerebral artery — the four segments into which the middle cerebral artery is divided, M1–M4 in clinical terminology. The M1 segment is the sphenoid part (pars sphenoidalis), the horizontal portion of the vessel from the termination of the internal carotid artery … Medical dictionary
cortical part of middle cerebral artery — the fourth segment of the middle cerebral artery (M4 segment), comprising the inferior and superior terminal branches of the vessel (rami terminales inferiores and rami terminales superiores), which supply the lateral surface of the cerebral… … Medical dictionary
cerebral artery — n any of the arteries supplying the cerebral cortex: a) an artery that arises from the internal carotid artery, forms the anterior portion of the circle of Willis where it is linked to the artery on the opposite side by the anterior communicating … Medical dictionary
Cerebral artery — can refer to: * Anterior cerebral artery * Middle cerebral artery * Posterior cerebral artery … Wikipedia
Middle meningeal artery — Artery: Middle meningeal artery Plan of branches of the maxillary artery … Wikipedia
