English Explanatory Dictionary

posterior communicating artery

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Either of two arteries that occur one on each side of the circle of Willis and connect an internal carotid artery with a posterior cerebral artery.

Word forms

posterior communicating artery posterior communicating arteries

Related words

anterior cerebral artery anterior choroidal artery caroticotympanic artery inferior hypophyseal artery middle cerebral artery ophthalmic artery superior hypophyseal artery
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