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Definition of Anterior cerebral artery

1. Noun. 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.

Medical Definition of Anterior cerebral artery

1. One of the two terminal branches (with middle cerebral artery) of the internal carotid; it passes anterior, loops around the genu of the corpus callosum then posteriorly in the interhemispheric fissure along with its fellow of the opposite side, the two being joined by the anterior communicating artery; for descriptive purposes it is divided into two parts: the precommunical part (A2 segment of clinical terminology), supplying branches to the thalamus and corpus striatum, and the postcommunical part, (A2) or pericallosal artery, supplying branches to the cortex of the medial parts of the frontal and parietal lobes. Synonym: arteria cerebri anterior. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Anterior Cerebral Artery

Literary usage of Anterior cerebral artery

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Anatomy: Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1897)
"The posterior and internal frontal branches supply the lobus quadratus. commencement of the anterior cerebral artery ; they pierce the anterior perforated ..."

2. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1893)
"... passes dorsal to the optic nerve to end in the anterior cerebral artery. Just, however, as it gives off the middle artery, it sends backward, ..."

3. A Text-book of physiology by Michael Foster (1891)
"... the fissure of Sylvius, and then, turning forward and toward the median line, passes dorsal to the optic nerve to end in the anterior cerebral artery. ..."

4. Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham (1921)
"Each anterior cerebral artery runs first horizontally, above the optic ... Then, bending sharply upon Medial .orbital branches anterior cerebral artery ..."

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