| Noun | 1. | arteria cerebri - any of the arteries supplying blood to the cerebral cortexarteria, arterial blood vessel, artery - a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body anterior cerebral artery - one of two branches of the internal carotid artery; divides into two branches that serve (1) the thalamus and (2) parts of the frontal and parietal cortex middle cerebral artery - one of two branches of the internal carotid artery; divides into three branches posterior cerebral artery - arises from the basilar artery; divides into three branches temporal artery - any of the three arteries on either side of the brain supplying the cortex of the temporal lobe |