POSTERIOR MENINGEAL ARTERY

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Branch of the ascending pharyngeal artery that supplies the dura mater of the posterior cranial fossa

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("posterior meningeal artery" is a kind of...):

arteria meningea; meningeal artery (any of three arteries supplying the meninges of the brain and neighboring structures)

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