Cerebral Artery (Noun)
Meaning
Any of the arteries supplying blood to the cerebral cortex.
Classification
Nouns denoting body parts.
Examples
- A blockage in a cerebral artery can lead to an ischemic stroke by cutting off the flow of blood to a part of the brain.
- Cerebral arteries branch off the internal carotid artery to distribute oxygen and nutrients to various areas of the cerebral cortex.
- When cerebral artery narrowing or blockage is diagnosed, treatments often include lifestyle modifications, medications, and surgical interventions.
- Doctors relied on cerebral angiography to create images of the cerebral arteries, searching for the blood clot responsible for the patient's severe headaches.
- One complication of an unruptured cerebral artery aneurysm is its risk of causing an ischemic stroke or an arterial embolism due to potential partial occlusion of a parent vessel.