posterior communicating artery
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001628
One of a pair of right-sided and left-sided blood vessels in the circle of Willis. It connects the three cerebral arteries of the same side. Anteriorly, it is one portion of the terminal trifurcation of the internal carotid artery. The anterior cerebral artery and the middle cerebral artery are the other two branches of the trifurcation. Posteriorly, it communicates with the posterior cerebral artery. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posterior_communicating_artery ]
Synonyms: caudal communicating segment, posterior communicating segment of the basilar artery
Term info
- EMAPA:18600
- Wikipedia:Posterior_communicating_artery
- EHDAA2:0004518
- FMA:50084
- SCTID:181314001
- TAO:0005001
- ZFA:0005001
- MA:0002023
- UMLS:C0149559 (ncithesaurus:Posterior_Communicating_Artery)
- RETIRED_EHDAA2:0001487
- NCIT:C33357
- EHDAA:3352
uberon_slim, vertebrate_core, human_reference_atlas
An artery that connects caudal division of the internal carotid artery and the basal communicating artery to the basilar artery. Isogai et al. 2001.[TAO]
todo - verify ZFA link: An artery that connects caudal division of the internal carotid artery and the basal communicating artery to the basilar artery
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/Circle_of_Willis_en.svg
PCS, arteria cerebri communicans posterior, PCA
uberon
UBERON:0001628
Posterior communicating artery
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606
Term relations
- communicating artery and part of some circle of Willis and branching part of some internal carotid artery