posterior cerebral artery 4028

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arteria cerebri posterior (par)

Identification

Official Latin term	arteria cerebri posterior (par)
Official subsidiary term	posterior cerebral artery (pair)
Unit identifier	TAH:U4028
Unit type	pair
Materiality	material

Navigation

Link to the unit	arteria cerebri posterior (par)
Links of entity	generic: arteria cerebri posterior
Entity-oriented links	Universal page Definition page
External links	Gray 1918 TA98 FMA PubMed Wikipedia Radiopedia Science Direct
Partonomic links	Level 2: systema arteriosum cerebrospinale Short Extended
	Level 3: arteria basilaris Short Extended
	Level 4: arteria cerebri posterior (par)
Taxonomic links	Level 2: segmentum organi Short Extended
	Level 3: arteria
	Level 4: ramus arteriae subclaviae
Subsidiary language with Latin
Non Latin primary language

Taxonomic definition

A posterior cerebral artery is a branch of basilar artery

[ramus arteriae basilaris

] which supplies the occipital lobe [lobus occipitalis

] and the posteromedial part of the temporal lobe [lobus temporalis

Partonomy

TAH:E10200	corpus humanum
TAH:U3568	systema cardiovasculare SOS
TAH:U10381	systema arteriosum cerebrospinale SOS
TAH:U3947	systema arteriosum cerebrale SOS
TAH:U8890	systema vertebrobasilare SOS
TAH:U4027	arteria basilaris SOS
TAH:U4028	arteria cerebri posterior (par) UBS

TAH:U4029

pars precommunicans (par)

UBU

TAH:U8857	ramus meningeus (par) UBU
TAH:U4030	arteriae centrales posteromediales (par) VBU
TAH:U4031	arteriae circumferentiales breves (par) VBU
TAH:U4032	arteria thalamoperforans (par) UBU
TAH:U4033	arteria collicularis (par) UBU

TAH:U4034

pars postcommunicans (par)

UBU

TAH:U4035	arteriae centrales posteromediales (par) VBU
TAH:U4036	arteria thalamogeniculata (par) UBU
TAH:U4037	rami choroidei posteriores mediales (par) VBU
TAH:U4038	rami choroidei posteriores laterales (par) VBU
TAH:U4039	rami pedunculares (par) VBU
TAH:U8858	ramus duralis (par) UBU
TAH:U8859	rami corticales (par) VBU

TAH:U8860	ramus splenialis (par) UBV
TAH:U8861	arteria calcarina (par) UBV
TAH:U8862	arteriae temporales inferiores (par) VOV

TAH:U9044	arteria temporalis inferior anterior (par) UBV
TAH:U8493	arteria temporalis inferior media (par) UBV
TAH:U9324	arteria temporalis inferior posterior (par) UBV

TAH:U8863

arteriae hippocampales (par)

VBU

TAH:U8864	arteria hippocampalis posterior (par) UBV
TAH:U8865	arteria hippocampalis media (par) UBV
TAH:U8866	arteria hippocampalis anterior (par) UBV

TAH:U8867

pars quadrigeminalis (par)

UBU

TAH:U4047

arteria parietooccipitalis (par)

UBU

TAH:U8871

pars corticalis (par)

UBU

TAH:U4040

arteria occipitalis lateralis (par)

UBU

TAH:U8872

rami corticales (par)

VBU

TAH:U4041	rami temporales anteriores (par) VOV
TAH:U4042	rami temporales medii (par) VOV
TAH:U4043	rami temporales posteriores (par) VOV

TAH:U4044

arteria occipitalis medialis (par)

UBU

TAH:U4045	ramus dorsalis corporis callosi (par) UBU
TAH:U8873	rami corticales (par) VBU

TAH:U4046	ramus parietalis (par) UBV
TAH:U4048	ramus calcarinus (par) UBV
TAH:U4049	ramus occipitotemporalis (par) UBV

Total

38 children

Taxonomy

FMA:62955	res anatomica
FMA:61775	res physica
FMA:67165	res corporea
FMA:305751	structura anatomica
FMA:67135	structura anatomica postnatalis
FMA:82472	pars principalis organi
FMA:67619	regio organi
FMA:86140	segmentum organi
FMA:306412	segmentum organi cavi arborialis
FMA:50722	segmentum organi cavi vasculosi
FMA:312599	segmentum organi cavi sanguinei
FMA:86187	segmentum organi cavi arteriosi
FMA:50720	arteria
FMA:66464	arteria systemica
FMA:70345	ramus arteriae subclaviae
FMA:76269	ramus arteriae basilaris
FMA:50583	arteria cerebri posterior

Date: 21.06.2025

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