lateral occipital artery

lat·er·al oc·cip·i·tal ar·ter·y

[TA]

one of the terminal branches of the posterior cerebral artery; supplies medial and ventral portions of the temporal lobe through anterior, intermediate, medial, and posterior temporal branches; can be called the P3 segment of the posterior cerebral artery.

Synonym(s): arteria occipitalis lateralis [TA], P3 segment of posterior cerebral artery [TA], segmentum P3 arteriae cerebri posterioris [TA]

lat·er·al oc·cip·i·tal ar·te·ry

(lat'ĕr-ăl ok-sip'i-tăl ahr'tĕr-ē) [TA]

One of the terminal branches of the posterior cerebral artery; it supplies, by several named branches, the lateral portions of the temporal lobe.