loading...| Preferred Name | posterior communicating artery | |
| Synonyms |
arteria cerebri communicans posterior PCA PCS 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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| alternative label |
arteria cerebri communicans posterior PCA PCS posterior communicating segment of the basilar artery caudal communicating segment |
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| BSPO_0000126 | ||
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| connecting branch of | ||
| database_cross_reference |
Wikipedia:Posterior_communicating_artery ZFA:0005001 EMAPA:18600 TAO:0005001 NCIT:C33357 RETIRED_EHDAA2:0001487 SCTID:181314001 UMLS:C0149559 EHDAA2:0004518 EHDAA:3352 FMA:50084 MA:0002023 |
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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 PCA PCS |
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| id |
UBERON:0001628 |
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| in_subset |
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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| note |
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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| part_of | ||
| preferred label |
posterior communicating artery |
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| prefLabel |
posterior communicating artery |
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| present in taxon | ||
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| subClassOf |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0015212 |