See Also: arteria cerebri media(medicine)
vena cerebri media superficialis(medicine)
vena cerebri media profunda(medicine)
arteria cerebri posterior(medicine)
arteria cerebri anterior(medicine)
pars postcommunicalis arteria cerebri anterior(medicine)
arteria meningea media(medicine)
arteria temporalis media(medicine)
arteria genus media(medicine)
arteria rectalis media(medicine)

arteria cerebri media (medicine)


arteria cerebri media -->
middle cerebral artery
<anatomy, artery> One of the two large terminal branches (with anterior cerebral artery) of the internal carotid artery; it passes laterally around the pole of the temporal lobe, then posteriorly in the depth of the lateral cerebral fissure; for descriptive purposes it is divided into three parts: 1) the sphenoidal part (M1 segment of clinical terminology), supplying perforating branches to the internal capsule, thalamus, and striate body; 2) the insular part, supplying branches to the insula and adjacent cortical areas; and 3) the terminal part or cortical part, supplying a large part of the central cortical convexity (the latter two collectively forming M2 segment).

Synonym: arteria cerebri media.