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ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
One of two branches of the internal carotid artery; divides into two branches that serve (1) the thalamus and (2) parts of the frontal and parietal cortex
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("anterior cerebral artery" is a kind of...):
arteria cerebri; cerebral artery (any of the arteries supplying blood to the cerebral cortex)