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basilar artery
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  basilar artery - an unpaired artery; supplies the pons and cerebellum and the back part of the cerebrum and the inner eararteria basilarisarteria, arterial blood vessel, artery - a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the bodyhead, caput - the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains; "he stuck his head out the window" |
EncyclopediaSeebasilarbasilar artery
bas·i·lar ar·ter·y [TA] formed by union of the intracranial portions of the two vertebral arteries; runs along the clivus in the subarachnoid space from the lower to the upper border of the pons, where it bifurcates into the two posterior cerebral arteries; branches, anterior inferior cerebellar artery [TA], pontine arteries [TA], mesencephalic arteries [TA], superior cerebellar artery [TA], and posterior cerebral artery [TA]. Synonym(s): arteria basilaris [TA]basilar artery An artery in the base of the brain formed by the union of the right and left vertebral arteries, which courses along the clivus from the lower to upper borders of the pons, and bifurcates into the posterior cerebral arteries. The basilar supplies the pons, vertebral arteries, and provides branches to the cerebrum and cerebellum.bas·i·lar ar·te·ry (bas'i-lăr ahr'tĕr-ē) [TA] Formed by union of the intracranial portions of the two vertebral arteries; runs along the clivus in the pontine cistern of the subarachnoid space from the lower to the upper border of the pons, where it bifurcates into the two posterior cerebral arteries; branches, anterior, inferior, cerebellar, labyrinthine, pontine, mesencephalic, and superior cerebellar.
Synonym(s): arteria basilaris [TA] .basilar artery An important artery formed from the junction of the two vertebral arteries that run up through the side processes of the vertebrae of the neck. The basilar artery runs up in a groove on the front surface of the PONS to supply most of the BRAINSTEM and CEREBELLUM and then joins the arterial circle, the circle of Willis, on the base of the brain.basilar artery
Related to basilar artery: vertebral artery, Basilar Artery MigraineSynonyms for basilar arterynoun an unpaired arterySynonymsRelated Words- arteria
- arterial blood vessel
- artery
- head
- caput
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