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Last uploaded: February 12, 2025
Id http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001628
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001628
Preferred Name

posterior communicating artery

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.
Synonyms
arteria cerebri communicans posterior
PCA
PCS
posterior communicating segment of the basilar artery
caudal communicating segment
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