"Basilar Artery" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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The artery formed by the union of the right and left vertebral arteries; it runs from the lower to the upper border of the pons, where it bifurcates into the two posterior cerebral arteries.
| Descriptor ID |
D001488
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A07.231.114.106
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| Concept/Terms |
Basilar Artery- Basilar Artery
- Arteries, Basilar
- Artery, Basilar
- Basilar Arteries
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