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noun
An artery that arises by the terminal forking of the basilar artery where it forms the posterior portion of the circle of Willis and passes on to supply the lower surfaces of the temporal and occipital lobes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
arises from the basilar artery; divides into three branches
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: cerebral artery, arteria cerebri
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