Anterior Cerebral Artery (Noun)
Meaning
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.
Classification
Nouns denoting body parts.
Examples
- The anterior cerebral artery supplies the medial surface of the frontal and parietal lobes with blood.
- An aneurysm in the anterior cerebral artery can cause damage to surrounding brain tissue.
- The internal carotid artery splits into two major branches, the anterior cerebral artery and the middle cerebral artery.
- Damage to the anterior cerebral artery can result in numbness or weakness on one side of the body.
- The anterior cerebral artery gives rise to several smaller arteries, including the pericallosal artery and the callosomarginal artery.