POSTERIOR TEMPORAL ARTERY

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Temporal artery that supplies the posterior part of the cortex of the temporal lobe

Synonyms:

arteria temporalis posterior; posterior temporal artery

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Nouns denoting body parts

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

temporal artery (any of the three arteries on either side of the brain supplying the cortex of the temporal lobe)

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