Definition of Communicating artery

1. Noun. Any of three arteries in the brain that make up the circle of Willis.

Exact synonyms: Arteria Communicans
Generic synonyms: Arteria, Arterial Blood Vessel, Artery
Group relationships: Brain, Encephalon

Medical Definition of Communicating artery

1. An artery that connects two larger artery's. See: anterior communicating artery, posterior communicating artery. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Communicating Artery

communicable
communicable disease
communicable disease
communicable disease control
communicably
communicans
communicant
communicants
communicate
communicated
communicatee
communicatees
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communicating
communicating artery (current term)
communicating artery (current term)
communicating branch
communicating branches of auriculotemporal nerve to facial nerve
communicating branches of lingual nerve to hypoglossal nerve
communicating branches of spinal nerves
communicating branches of sympathetic trunk
communicating branch of chorda tympani to lingual nerve
communicating branch of facial nerve with glossopharyngeal nerve
communicating branch of facial nerve with tympanic plexus
communicating branch of glossopharyngeal nerve with auricular branch of vagus nerve
communicating branch of lacrimal nerve with zygomatic nerve
communicating branch of median nerve with ulnar nerve
communicating branch of otic ganglion to auriculotemporal nerve
communicating branch of otic ganglion to chorda tympani
communicating branch of otic ganglion with medial pterygoid nerve

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