loading...| Preferred Name | posterior communicating artery | |
| Synonyms |
arteria cerebri communicans posterior PCS PCA posterior communicating segment of the basilar artery caudal communicating segment |
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| Definitions |
One of a pair of right-sided and left-sided blood vessels in the circle of Willis. It connects the three cerebral arteries of the same side. Anteriorly, it is one portion of the terminal trifurcation of the internal carotid artery. The anterior cerebral artery and the middle cerebral artery are the other two branches of the trifurcation. Posteriorly, it communicates with the posterior cerebral artery. |
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| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001628 |
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| BSPO_0000126 | ||
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| connecting branch of | ||
| database_cross_reference |
ZFA:0005001 Wikipedia:Posterior_communicating_artery UMLS:C0149559 TAO:0005001 SCTID:181314001 RETIRED_EHDAA2:0001487 NCIT:C33357 MA:0002023 FMA:50084 EMAPA:18600 EHDAA:3352 EHDAA2:0004518 |
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| definition |
One of a pair of right-sided and left-sided blood vessels in the circle of Willis. It connects the three cerebral arteries of the same side. Anteriorly, it is one portion of the terminal trifurcation of the internal carotid artery. The anterior cerebral artery and the middle cerebral artery are the other two branches of the trifurcation. Posteriorly, it communicates with the posterior cerebral artery. |
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| depiction |
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/Circle_of_Willis_en.svg |
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| has_exact_synonym |
posterior communicating segment of the basilar artery caudal communicating segment |
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| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
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| has_related_synonym |
arteria cerebri communicans posterior PCS PCA |
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| id |
UBERON:0001628 |
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| in_subset |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#vertebrate_core http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#uberon_slim http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#human_reference_atlas |
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| label |
posterior communicating artery |
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| notation |
UBERON:0001628 |
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| part_of | ||
| prefLabel |
posterior communicating artery |
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| present in taxon | ||
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| subClassOf |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0015212 |