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ARTERIA CEREBRI

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of the arteries supplying blood to the cerebral cortex

Synonyms:

arteria cerebri; cerebral artery

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("arteria cerebri" is a kind of...):

arteria; arterial blood vessel; artery (a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "arteria cerebri"):

anterior cerebral artery (one of two branches of the internal carotid artery; divides into two branches that serve (1) the thalamus and (2) parts of the frontal and parietal cortex)

middle cerebral artery (one of two branches of the internal carotid artery; divides into three branches)

posterior cerebral artery (arises from the basilar artery; divides into three branches)

temporal artery (any of the three arteries on either side of the brain supplying the cortex of the temporal lobe)

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