communicating artery

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communicating artery - any of three arteries in the brain that make up the circle of Willis

arteria communicans

arteria, arterial blood vessel, artery - a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body

brain, encephalon - that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord

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arteria arteria communicans arterial blood vessel artery brain encephalon			25,26) [FIGURE 3 OMITTED] [FIGURE 4 OMITTED] Approximately 15% to 45% of aneurysms are multiple, and their most common locations are along the anterior communicating artery complex, along the supraclinoid internal carotid artery, at the middle cerebral artery bifurcation, at the basilar artery tip, and at the origin of the posterior inferior cerebellar artery. Aneurysms--all you need to know by Bagley, Linda J. / Applied Radiology The most common sites include the anterior communicating artery (30-35%), the bifurcation of the internal carotid and posterior communicating artery (30-35%), the bifurcation of the middle cerebral artery (20%), the bifurcation of the basilar artery, and the remaining posterior circulation arteries (5%). Information on Cerebral Aneurysm by Peter Sams / Health, general community Interestingly, the AV malformation was being fed by a communicating vessel from the posterior internal communicating artery (Fig. Foix-Alajouanine syndrome: an uncommon cause of myelopathy from an ... by Kaw, Roop / Southern Medical Journal			Commorient Commorse Commote commotion commove comms communal communal aerial communalise communalism communalist Communalistic communalization communalize communally Communard communautaire commune commune with communicability communicable communicable disease communicant communicate communicating communicating artery communication communication channel communication cord communication deception communication disorder communication engineering communication equipment communication interface communication operation instructions communication system communication theory communication trench communicational communications communications and information system communications center communications intelligence communications intelligence database communications mark communications net communications network communications protocol communications satellite communications security communications security equipment			communicants communicate communicate communicate communicate communicate communicate Communicate and Relax On-Line communicate effectively communicate orally communicate to communicate to Communicate With Communicate With Communicate With communicated communicated communicated Communicated Threat Credibility Assessment communicates communicates communicates Communicatie Centrum Chemie Communicatieclub Bourgondië communicating communicating communicating communicating communicating Communicating Applications Specification communicating artery communicating artery, anterior communicating artery, anterior communicating artery, anterior communicating artery, anterior communicating artery, posterior communicating artery, posterior communicating artery, posterior communicating artery, posterior communicating branch Communicating Food for Health Communicating for Agriculture Education Program communicating frame Communicating Functional Processes communicating gray branch communicating gray branch communicating gray branch communicating gray branch communicating gray branch Communicating Hardware Processes communicating hydrocephalus communicating hydrocephalus communicating hydrocephalus communicating hydrocephaly communicating junction Communicating Minicomputer communicating online Communicating Process Architectures Communicating sequential processes Communicating sequential processes Communicating Signal Processing Architecture

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