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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| altLabel |
arteria cerebri communicans posterior PCS PCA posterior communicating segment of the basilar artery caudal communicating segment |
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| ccf_is_provisional |
false |
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| ccf_part_of | ||
| ccf_pref_label |
posterior communicating artery |
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| connected to | ||
| 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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| external_definition |
An artery that connects caudal division of the internal carotid artery and the basal communicating artery to the basilar artery. Isogai et al. 2001.[TAO] |
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| has exact synonym |
posterior communicating segment of the basilar artery caudal communicating segment |
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| has part | ||
| has related synonym |
arteria cerebri communicans posterior PCS PCA |
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| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
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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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| isDefinedBy | ||
| label |
posterior communicating artery |
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| notation |
UBERON:0001628 |
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| overlaps | ||
| prefLabel |
posterior communicating artery |
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| taxon_notes |
todo - verify ZFA link: An artery that connects caudal division of the internal carotid artery and the basal communicating artery to the basilar artery |
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| xRef |
NCIT:C33357 FMA:50084 Wikipedia:Posterior_communicating_artery EHDAA2:0004518 TAO:0005001 ZFA:0005001 MA:0002023 UMLS:C0149559 EHDAA:3352 SCTID:181314001 RETIRED_EHDAA2:0001487 EMAPA:18600 |
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| subClassOf |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0015212 |