See Also: arteria cerebri anterior(medicine)
pars postcommunicalis arteria cerebri anterior(medicine)
arteria cerebri media(medicine)
arteria cerebri posterior(medicine)
vena cerebri anterior(medicine)
pars precommunicalis arteriae cerebri anterior(medicine)
pars anterior commissurae anterioris cerebri(medicine)
arteria tibialis anterior(medicine)
arteria interossea anterior(medicine)
arteria conjunctivalis anterior(medicine)

arteria cerebri anterior (medicine)


arteria cerebri anterior -->
anterior cerebral artery
<anatomy, artery> One of the two terminal branches (with middle cerebral artery) of the internal carotid; it passes anterior, loops around the genu of the corpus callosum then posteriorly in the interhemispheric fissure along with its fellow of the opposite side, the two being joined by the anterior communicating artery; for descriptive purposes it is divided into two parts: the precommunical part (A2 segment of clinical terminology), supplying branches to the thalamus and corpus striatum, and the postcommunical part, (A2) or pericallosal artery, supplying branches to the cortex of the medial parts of the frontal and parietal lobes.

Synonym: arteria cerebri anterior.