cerebral artery
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- noun
- /ˈsɛrəbrəl ˈɑːrtəri/
- Specialized
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arteria cerebral
- The surgeon examined the patient's cerebral artery to assess blood flow to the brain.
- middle cerebral artery
- right cerebral artery
Examples
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Complete interruption of the cerebral blood supply for more than a few minutes (for example, when a cerebral artery is occluded in a stroke or after pump failure in cardiac arrest) causes irretrievable brain damage and death.
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The CT scan showed signs of an ischaemic lesion (middle cerebral artery) and did not show evidence of haemorrhage or raised intracranial pressure.
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When it happens to cerebral arteries, it causes a stroke.
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OK, now needle number one will go into the tumor here, by the middle cerebral artery.
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Jogging will also help you in vasodilating your cerebral arteries, so more oxygen will enter your brain.
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The fetus also had signs of a brain-sparing effect shown by a reduced pulsatility index of the middle cerebral artery.
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These patients had survived unilateral cerebral infarctions in the middle cerebral artery territory.
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A carotid angiogram confirmed total occlusion of the right internal carotid artery with poor visualization of the right cerebral artery.
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A blockage in the cerebral artery can lead to serious health issues like a stroke.
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Doctors study the cerebral arteries to understand conditions affecting brain health.
Synonyms
A blood vessel that carries blood to the outer part of the brain
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an artery that supplies blood to the brain' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'cerebral' (relating to the brain) with 'artery' (a blood vessel). This is a standard adjective+noun anatomical naming pattern that is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Cerebral artery uses cerebral (a word for the 'brain') and artery (a 'blood vessel'). Picture a narrow red pipe carrying life-giving blood straight to the brain, so the term means one of the main blood vessels that supply the brain.