posterior cerebral artery
The posterior cerebral artery (PCA) is one of a pair of blood vessels that supplies oxygenated blood to the posterior aspect of the brain in human anatomy]. It arises near the intersection of the posterior communicating artery and the basilar artery and connects with the ipsilateral middle cerebral artery (MCA) and internal carotid artery via the posterior communicating artery (PCommA). [WP,unvetted]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posterior_cerebral_artery ]
Term info
posterior cerebral artery
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arteria cerebri posterior
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Term relations
- cerebral artery and supplies some occipital lobe and branching_part_of some basilar artery
- branch of basilar artery
- lateral structure
- cerebral artery
- in_lateral_side_of some basilar artery
- supplies some occipital lobe