ARTERIA BASILARIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does arteria basilaris mean? 

• ARTERIA BASILARIS (noun)
  The noun ARTERIA BASILARIS has 1 sense:

1. an unpaired artery; supplies the pons and cerebellum and the back part of the cerebrum and the inner ear

  Familiarity information: ARTERIA BASILARIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARTERIA BASILARIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An unpaired artery; supplies the pons and cerebellum and the back part of the cerebrum and the inner ear

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

arteria basilaris; basilar artery

Hypernyms ("arteria basilaris" is a kind of...):

arteria; arterial blood vessel; artery (a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body)

Holonyms ("arteria basilaris" is a part of...):

caput; head (the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains)