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communicating artery
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | communicating artery - any of three arteries in the brain that make up the circle of Willisarteria communicansarteria, arterial blood vessel, artery - a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the bodybrain, encephalon - that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord |
EncyclopediaSeearterycommunicating artery
com·mu·ni·cat·ing ar·ter·yan artery that connects two larger arteries. See: anterior communicating artery, posterior communicating artery. com·mu·ni·cat·ing ar·te·ry (kŏ-myūn'i-kāt-ing ahr'tĕr-ē) An artery that connects two larger arteries. communicating arteryThe anterior or the posterior communicating artery in the circle of Willis at the base of the brain.See also: arterycommunicating artery
Related to communicating artery: circle of WillisSynonyms for communicating arterynoun any of three arteries in the brain that make up the circle of WillisSynonymsRelated Words- arteria
- arterial blood vessel
- artery
- brain
- encephalon
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