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ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY

One of the two terminal divisions (with medium cerebral artery) of the inside carotid; it passes anterior, loops near the genu of the corpus callosum then posteriorly in the interhemispheric fissure along with its lad of the opposite side, the two being joined by the anterior communicating artery; for descriptive purposes it is divided into two parts: the precommunical part (A2 segment of clinical terminology), supplying divisions to the thalamus and corpus striatum, and the postcommunical part, (A2) or pericallosal artery, supplying divisions to the cortex of the medial parts of the frontal and parietal lobes. Synonym: arteria cerebri anterior.
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