ARTERIA MENINGEA

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Any of three arteries supplying the meninges of the brain and neighboring structures

Synonyms:

arteria meningea; meningeal artery

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("arteria meningea" is a kind of...):

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "arteria meningea"):

anterior meningeal artery (branch of the anterior ethmoidal artery that supplies meninges in the anterior cranial fossa)

middle meningeal artery (branch of the maxillary artery; its branches supply meninges)

posterior meningeal artery (branch of the ascending pharyngeal artery that supplies the dura mater of the posterior cranial fossa)