communicating artery


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com·mu·ni·cat·ing ar·ter·y

an artery that connects two larger arteries. See: anterior communicating artery, posterior communicating artery.

com·mu·ni·cat·ing ar·te·ry

(kŏ-myūn'i-kāt-ing ahr'tĕr-ē)
An artery that connects two larger arteries.

communicating artery

The anterior or the posterior communicating artery in the circle of Willis at the base of the brain.
See also: artery

communicating artery

an artery linking two larger arteries, e.g. pedal communicating arteries (perforating arteries) linking dorsal and plantar arcuate arteries within the foot
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The prevailing anatomical variant in most studies has been the typical form of the anterior cerebral artery- anterior communicating artery complex with a range between 14.
Anatomical Variants of Anterior Cerebral Arterial Circle. A Study by Multidetector Computerized 3D Tomographic Angiography/Variantes Anatomicas de la Region Anterior del Circulo Arterial Cerebral. Estudio por Angiotomografia Computarizada 3D
3) The two anterior cerebral arteries frequently differ in size at their origin and the larger one reinforces the other through anterior communicating artery.
Anterior cerebral artery, anterior communicating artery, posterior communicating artery, posterior cerebral artery--a retrospective study
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Variation of posterior communicating artery in human brain: a morphological study
7-13] On the other hand, on the basis of clinical tests carried out in patients with occlusion of the internal carotid artery and occlusion of the basilar artery, it was concluded that the increased risk of stroke exist in patients whose posterior communicating artery diameter was < 0.
Morphometric analysis of Willis circle arteries
2 and 3) confirmed the presence of a large 2 x 1 cm aneurysm arising from the posterior communicating artery and a smaller aneurysm arising from the middle cerebral artery.
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When location was examined as a risk factor, only aneurysms in the anterior communicating artery (ACoA) and posterior communicating artery (PCoA) were significantly more likely to be found among patients with ruptured aneurysms.
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3) He noted that there was an underrepresented anterior communicating artery aneurysms--could it be that aneurysms hemorrhage and was not included in the study?
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