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Descriptor English: Cerebral Arteries
Descriptor Spanish: Arterias Cerebrales
Descriptor arterias cerebrales
Scope note: Vasos sanguíneos arteriales que irrigan el CEREBRO.
Descriptor Portuguese: Artérias Cerebrais
Descriptor French: Artères cérébrales
Entry term(s): Arteries, Cerebral
Artery, Cerebral
Cerebral Artery
Tree number(s): A07.015.114.228
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002536
Scope note: The arterial blood vessels supplying the CEREBRUM.
Annotation: general; prefer specifics; do not use for arteries of non-cerebral parts of the brain, as cerebellar artery (= CEREBELLUM/blood supply + ARTERIES); /abnorm: consider also INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: /radiography was CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY 1975-94
Online Note: use CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY to search CEREBRAL ARTERIES/radiography 1975-94
History Note: /radiography was CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY 1975-94
Related: Cerebral Angiography MeSH
DeCS ID: 2573
Unique ID: D002536
NLM Classification: WG 595.C37
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Date Established: 1960/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2018/06/30
Cerebral Arteries - Preferred
Concept UI M0003874
Scope note The arterial blood vessels supplying the CEREBRUM.
Preferred term Cerebral Arteries
Entry term(s) Arteries, Cerebral
Artery, Cerebral
Cerebral Artery



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