Posterior Cerebral Artery (Noun)
Meaning
Arises from the basilar artery; divides into three branches.
Classification
Nouns denoting body parts.
Examples
- The posterior cerebral artery usually arises from the basilar artery, but in a considerable number of cases, it originates from the internal carotid artery.
- The posterior cerebral artery is divided into three segments, or parts, as it courses around the brainstem and gives off branches.
- After originating from the basilar artery, the posterior cerebral artery becomes superficial in the interpeduncular fossa.
- The posterior cerebral artery branches into the anterior temporal artery, the medial posterior choroidal artery, and the lateral posterior choroidal artery.
- Multiple branches of the posterior cerebral artery originate from the basilar artery, just after crossing the posterior communicating artery and when the posterior cerebral artery emerges from the interpeduncular fossa.