BASILAR ARTERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does basilar artery mean? 

• BASILAR ARTERY (noun)
  The noun BASILAR ARTERY has 1 sense:

1. an unpaired artery; supplies the pons and cerebellum and the back part of the cerebrum and the inner ear

  Familiarity information: BASILAR ARTERY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BASILAR ARTERY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An unpaired artery; supplies the pons and cerebellum and the back part of the cerebrum and the inner ear

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

arteria basilaris; basilar artery

Hypernyms ("basilar artery" is a kind of...):

arteria; arterial blood vessel; artery (a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body)

Holonyms ("basilar artery" is a part of...):

caput; head (the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains)

 Context examples 

A basilar artery branch that supplies the anterior portion of the inferior surface of the cerebellum.

(Anterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

A blood vessel branching from the basilar artery that runs along the auditory nerve to supply the inner ear.

(Internal Auditory Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

An artery that originates from the basilar artery and distributes blood to the cerebellum.

(Cerebellar Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

A syndrome which occurs as a result of the occlusion of the basilar artery.

(Basilar Artery Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

Any artery arising from the basilar artery.

(Basilar Artery Branch, NCI Thesaurus)

The clinical course is variable and is dependent upon the extent of the occlusion and the location of the clot along the basilar artery which determines the resultant neurologic impairment.

(Basilar Artery Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)