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arterial circle of cerebrum (medicine)


arterial circle of cerebrum


An anastomotic "circle" of arteries (roughly pentagonal in outline) at the base of the brain, formed, sequentially and in anterior to posterior direction, by the anterior communicating artery, the two anterior cerebral, the two internal carotid, the two posterior communicating, and the two posterior cerebral arteries.

Synonym: circulus arteriosus cerebri, circle of Willis.