MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does middle cerebral artery mean? 

• MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY (noun)
  The noun MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY has 1 sense:

1. one of two branches of the internal carotid artery; divides into three branches

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of two branches of the internal carotid artery; divides into three branches

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("middle cerebral artery" is a kind of...):

arteria cerebri; cerebral artery (any of the arteries supplying blood to the cerebral cortex)

 Context examples 

Any artery arising from the middle cerebral artery.

(Middle Cerebral Artery Branch, NCI Thesaurus)

A branch off of the terminal section of the middle cerebral artery running through the cortex on both sides of the central sulcus.

(Central Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

A branch of the middle cerebral artery that supplies blood to the anterior part of the temporal lobe.

(Anterior Temporal Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

Branches of the middle cerebral artery supply the insular region, motor and premotor areas, and large regions of the association cortex.

(Middle Cerebral Artery, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A cortical branch of the middle cerebral artery supplying the ascending frontal convolution.

(Ascending Frontal Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

An artery, which originates in either the internal carotid artery or the middle cerebral artery, that delivers blood to the choroid plexus.

(Anterior Choroidal Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

An artery branching from the extremity of the middle cerebral artery that supplies the lateral cortex and inferior frontal lobe.

(Lateral Orbitofrontal Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

The arteries branching off of the horizontal or M1 segment of the middle cerebral artery in both hemispheres that supply the caudate nucleus and lentiform nucleus.

(Lateral Lenticulostriate Artery, NCI Thesaurus)