Preferred Label : anterior communicating artery;
Uberon definition : A blood vessel of the brain that connects the left and right anterior cerebral arteries.
The anterior communicating artery connects the two anterior cerebral arteries across
the commencement of the longitudinal fissure. Sometimes this vessel is wanting, the
two arteries joining together to form a single trunk, which afterward divides; or
it may be wholly, or partially, divided into two. Its length averages about 4 mm,
but varies greatly. It gives off some of the anteromedial ganglionic vessels, but
these are principally derived from the anterior cerebral artery. It is part of the
cerebral arterial circle, also known as the circle of Willis.;
Origin ID : 0006764;
UMLS CUI : C0149562;
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A blood vessel of the brain that connects the left and right anterior cerebral arteries.
The anterior communicating artery connects the two anterior cerebral arteries across
the commencement of the longitudinal fissure. Sometimes this vessel is wanting, the
two arteries joining together to form a single trunk, which afterward divides; or
it may be wholly, or partially, divided into two. Its length averages about 4 mm,
but varies greatly. It gives off some of the anteromedial ganglionic vessels, but
these are principally derived from the anterior cerebral artery. It is part of the
cerebral arterial circle, also known as the circle of Willis.
