loading...| Preferred Name |
posterior communicating artery |
| Synonyms |
posterior communicating segment of the basilar artery PCA caudal communicating segment PCS arteria cerebri communicans posterior |
| Definitions |
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. |
| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001628 |
| branching part of | |
| database_cross_reference |
EHDAA:3352 ZFA:0005001 UMLS:C0149559 SCTID:181314001 TAO:0005001 EHDAA2:0004518 FMA:50084 RETIRED_EHDAA2:0001487 NCIT:C33357 Wikipedia:Posterior_communicating_artery EMAPA:18600 MA:0002023 |
| definition |
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. |
| depicted_by |
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/Circle_of_Willis_en.svg |
| has_exact_synonym |
posterior communicating segment of the basilar artery caudal communicating segment |
| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
| has_related_synonym |
PCA PCS arteria cerebri communicans posterior |
| id |
UBERON:0001628 |
| in lateral side of | |
| in_subset |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#uberon_slim http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#human_reference_atlas |
| label |
posterior communicating artery |
| notation |
UBERON:0001628 |
| part_of | |
| prefLabel |
posterior communicating artery |
| RO_0002175 | |
| treeView | |
| UBPROP_0000001 |
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] |
| UBPROP_0000008 |
todo - verify ZFA link: An artery that connects caudal division of the internal carotid artery and the basal communicating artery to the basilar artery |
| subClassOf |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0006347 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0003496 |