loading...| Preferred Name |
posterior communicating artery |
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| Synonyms |
posterior communicating segment of the basilar artery caudal communicating segment arteria cerebri communicans posterior PCA PCS |
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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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| connecting branch of | ||
| 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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| has_exact_synonym |
posterior communicating segment of the basilar artery caudal communicating segment |
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| has_related_synonym |
arteria cerebri communicans posterior PCA PCS |
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| in lateral side of | ||
| label |
posterior communicating artery |
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| prefixIRI |
UBERON:0001628 |
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| prefLabel |
posterior communicating artery |
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| subClassOf |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0015212 |