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anterior communicating artery
Bridges the right & left anterior cerebral arteries to complete the circle of Willis.
Origin: anterior cerebral artery
Branches:
1) medial commissural artery
2) median callosal artery
3) suprachiasmatic artery
General
blood vessel
Properties
FORM: anterior communicating artery
BRANCHES: median commissural artery
median callosal artery
suprachiasmatic artery
ORIGIN: anterior cerebral artery
References
- Grant's Atlas of Anatomy, 10th edition, AMR Agur & MJ Lee (eds),
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 1999
- Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
Components
intima; tunica intima
tunica media
vascular endothelium