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Descriptor English: Posterior Cerebral Artery
Descriptor Spanish: Arteria Cerebral Posterior
Descriptor arteria cerebral posterior
Scope note: Arteria formada por la bifurcación de la ARTERIA BASILAR. Las ramas de la arteria cerebral posterior irrigan porciones del LÓBULO OCCIPITAL, LÓBULO PARIETAL, giro temporal inferior, tronco cerebral y del PLEXO COROIDEO.
Descriptor Portuguese: Artéria Cerebral Posterior
Descriptor French: Artère cérébrale postérieure
Entry term(s): Arteries, Posterior Cerebral
Artery, Posterior Cerebral
Cerebral Arteries, Posterior
Cerebral Artery, Posterior
Posterior Cerebral Arteries
Tree number(s): A07.015.114.228.700
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D020769
Scope note: Artery formed by the bifurcation of the BASILAR ARTERY. Branches of the posterior cerebral artery supply portions of the OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; inferior temporal gyrus, brainstem, and CHOROID PLEXUS.
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: 34045
Unique ID: D020769
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Date Established: 2000/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/11/03
Revision Date: 2018/07/01
Posterior Cerebral Artery - Preferred
Concept UI M0328556
Scope note Artery formed by the bifurcation of the BASILAR ARTERY. Branches of the posterior cerebral artery supply portions of the OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; inferior temporal gyrus, brainstem, and CHOROID PLEXUS.
Preferred term Posterior Cerebral Artery
Entry term(s) Arteries, Posterior Cerebral
Artery, Posterior Cerebral
Cerebral Arteries, Posterior
Cerebral Artery, Posterior
Posterior Cerebral Arteries



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