- posterior communicating artery
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posterior communicating artery
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Posterior communicating artery — Infobox Artery Name = Posterior communicating artery Latin = arteria cerebri communicans posterior GraySubject = 146 GrayPage = 573 Caption = Schematic representation of the arterial circle and arteries of the brain. The posterior communicating… … Wikipedia
Posterior cerebral artery — Artery: Posterior cerebral artery Outer surface of cerebral hemisphere, showing areas supplied by cerebral arteries. (Yellow is region supplied by posterior cerebral artery.) … Wikipedia
communicating artery — n any of three arteries in the brain that form parts of the circle of Willis: a) one connecting the anterior cerebral arteries called also anterior communicating artery b) either of two arteries that occur one on each side of the circle of Willis … Medical dictionary
Communicating artery — may refer to: Anterior communicating artery Posterior communicating artery This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here, you ma … Wikipedia
Posterior meningeal artery — Artery: Posterior meningeal artery Posterior meningeal groove labeled at bottom left. Latin arteria meningea posterior Gray s … Wikipedia
segments of posterior cerebral artery — the four segments into which the posterior cerebral artery is divided; P1–P4. The P1 segment is the precommunicating part (pars precommunicalis), which begins at the bifurcation of the basilar artery and runs to the junction with the posterior… … Medical dictionary
central arteries posteromedial of posterior communicating artery — arteriae centrales posteromediales arteriae communicantis posterioris … Medical dictionary
Occipital branch of posterior auricular artery — Artery: Occipital branch of posterior auricular artery The arteries of the face and scalp … Wikipedia
communicating artery — noun any of three arteries in the brain that make up the circle of Willis • Syn: ↑arteria communicans • Hypernyms: ↑artery, ↑arteria, ↑arterial blood vessel • Part Holonyms: ↑brain, ↑encep … Useful english dictionary
communicating artery posterior — arteria communicans posterior … Medical dictionary
