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posterior communicating artery
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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. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posterior_communicating_artery ]
Term info
Label
posterior communicating artery
Synonyms
- caudal communicating segment
- posterior communicating segment of the basilar artery
Subsets
uberon_slim, vertebrate_core
latin term
arteria cerebri communicans posterior
[
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posterior_communicating_artery
]
depicted by
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/Circle_of_Willis_en.svg
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]
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
PCS, arteria cerebri communicans posterior, PCA
id
UBERON:0001628
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
Term relations
Equivalent to:
- communicating artery and part of some circle of Willis and branching_part_of some internal carotid artery
Subclass of:
- lateral structure
- head blood vessel
- communicating artery
- systemic artery
- structure with developmental contribution from neural crest
- in_lateral_side_of some circle of Willis
- part of some circle of Willis
- part of some internal carotid artery
- branching_part_of some internal carotid artery