| Term: | basal communicating artery blood vessel endothelium |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | basal communicating artery |
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| Synonyms: | BCA |
| Definition: | Artery that extends horizontally across the brain midline which is fed by the caudal division of the internal carotid artery. Three pairs of central arteries extend from the basal communicating artery (BCA), the anterior, middle and posterior mesencephalic central arteries. The BCA does not correspond to the anterior communicating artery of the mammalian circle of Willis. The BCA is unpaired. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0005000] |
| Name: | blood vessel endothelium |
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| Synonyms: | |
| Definition: | The vascular endothelium that lines blood vasculature. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0005257] |