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Descriptor English: Middle Cerebral Artery
Descriptor Spanish: Arteria Cerebral Media
Descriptor arteria cerebral media
Scope note: La mayor y más compleja de las arterias cerebrales. Se divide en tres ramas, temporal, frontal y parietal que proporcionan irrigación a la mayor parte del parénquima de estos lóbulos en la CORTEZA CEREBRAL. Estas son las áreas implicadas en las actividades motoras, sensitivas y del lenguaje.
Descriptor Portuguese: Artéria Cerebral Média
Descriptor French: Artère cérébrale moyenne
Entry term(s): Arteries, Middle Cerebral
Artery, Middle Cerebral
Cerebral Arteries, Middle
Cerebral Artery, Middle
Middle Cerebral Arteries
Tree number(s): A07.015.114.228.550
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D020768
Scope note: The largest of the cerebral arteries. It trifurcates into temporal, frontal, and parietal branches supplying blood to most of the parenchyma of these lobes in the CEREBRAL CORTEX. These are the areas involved in motor, sensory, and speech activities.
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
Previous Indexing: Cerebral Arteries (1966-1999)
Public MeSH Note: 2000
History Note: 2000
DeCS ID: 34044
Unique ID: D020768
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Date Established: 2000/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/11/03
Revision Date: 2018/07/01
Middle Cerebral Artery - Preferred
Concept UI M0328542
Scope note The largest of the cerebral arteries. It trifurcates into temporal, frontal, and parietal branches supplying blood to most of the parenchyma of these lobes in the CEREBRAL CORTEX. These are the areas involved in motor, sensory, and speech activities.
Preferred term Middle Cerebral Artery
Entry term(s) Arteries, Middle Cerebral
Artery, Middle Cerebral
Cerebral Arteries, Middle
Cerebral Artery, Middle
Middle Cerebral Arteries



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