Communicating artery

Communicating artery

Communicating artery may refer to:


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  • 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 — 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

  • 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

  • Anterior communicating artery — Infobox Artery Name = Anterior communicating artery Latin = arteria communicans anterior GraySubject = 146 GrayPage = 572 Caption = The cerebral arterial circle and arteries of the brain. The anterior communicating arteries (top of figure)… …   Wikipedia

  • anterior communicating artery — n COMMUNICATING ARTERY (a) …   Medical dictionary

  • posterior communicating artery — n COMMUNICATING ARTERY (b) …   Medical dictionary

  • communicating artery anterior — arteria communicans anterior …   Medical dictionary

  • communicating artery posterior — arteria communicans posterior …   Medical dictionary

  • central arteries posteromedial of posterior communicating artery — arteriae centrales posteromediales arteriae communicantis posterioris …   Medical dictionary

  • 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

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