CEREBELLAR ARTERY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

An artery that supplies the cerebellum

Synonyms:

arteria cerebelli; cerebellar artery

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("cerebellar artery" 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 "cerebellar artery"):

inferior cerebellar artery (the inferior branch of the cerebellar artery)

superior cerebellar artery (the superior branch of the cerebellar artery)

Holonyms ("cerebellar artery" is a part of...):

cerebellum (a major division of the vertebrate brain; situated above the medulla oblongata and beneath the cerebrum in humans)