posterior communicating artery

Preferred Label : posterior communicating artery;

Uberon definition : One of a pair of right-sided and left-sided blood vessels in the circle of Willis. It connects the three cerebral arteries of the same side. Anteriorly, it is one portion of the terminal trifurcation of the internal carotid artery. The anterior cerebral artery and the middle cerebral artery are the other two branches of the trifurcation. Posteriorly, it communicates with the posterior cerebral artery.;

Uberon synonym : posterior communicating segment of the basilar artery; caudal communicating segment;

Uberon related term : PCS; PCA;

Uberon Taxon note : todo - verify ZFA link: An artery that connects caudal division of the internal carotid artery and the basal communicating artery to the basilar artery;

Details

Origin ID

0001628;

UMLS CUI

C0149559;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Entire posterior communicating artery (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Posterior Communicating Artery [NCIt concept]
- Posterior communicating artery [FMA entity]
- Posterior communicating artery [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Structure of posterior communicating artery (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- posterior communicating artery [SNOMED Notion]
- posterior communicating artery [Radlex concept]
- posterior communicating artery [ICHI extension code]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Posterior Communicating Artery [NCIt concept]
- Posterior communicating artery [FMA entity]
- Posterior communicating artery [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Structure of posterior communicating artery (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- posterior communicating artery [SNOMED Notion]
- posterior communicating artery [Radlex concept]
Uberon cross reference
- Entire posterior communicating artery (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Posterior Communicating Artery [NCIt concept]
- Posterior communicating artery [FMA entity]
branching part of
- internal carotid artery [UBERON concept]
in lateral side of
- circle of Willis [UBERON concept]
part of
- circle of Willis [UBERON concept]
- internal carotid artery [UBERON concept]

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