collicular artery

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collicular artery

[TA]
origin: precommunicating part (P1 segment) of posterior cerebral artery; distribution: to superior and inferior colliculi (corpora quadrigemina) of tectum of midbrain.
Synonym(s): arteria collicularis [TA], arteria quadrigeminalis ☆ , quadrigeminal artery ☆
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col·lic·u·lar ar·te·ry

(kŏ-lik'yū-lăr ahr'tĕr-ē) [TA]
Origin, precommunicating part (P1 segment) of posterior cerebral artery; distribution, to superior and inferior colliculi (corpora quadrigemina) of tectum of midbrain.
Synonym(s): arteria quadrigeminalis.
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