Concept Information
Arteria cerebri posterior
Anatomical Terms Info - Concept Id (ATI-ConceptId / ATICID)
6059
Foundational Model of Anatomy Id(s) (FMAIDs)
50583
Reason why this concept/structure should be present on this site
No reason is given yet
This concept was contributed by
Reviewed by
- 28 May 2025 18:13 ATI Definition Committee, Netherlands
- 28 May 2025 18:13 Ian Whitmore ADMIN, Prof., United Kingdom
- 8 Oct 2025 17:53 Dr Noel T Boaz, MD. PhD. Prof. Director, Laboratory of Biological Anthropology & Anatomy, United States
Change history
| by: O.P. Gobée ADMIN, MD., Netherlands [Change Id: 1] | |
| NEW Structure/Concept: | Arteria cerebri posterior [ATI-ConceptId:6059] | 
| SET (or ADDED) Term for this Structure/Concept: | Posterior cerebral artery | 
| SET (or ADDED) Term for this Structure/Concept: | Arteria cerebri posterior | 
| SET (or ADDED) Term for this Structure/Concept: | Artère cérébrale postérieure | 
| Primary Term: | Arteria cerebri posterior | 
| SET (or ADDED) Foundational Model of Anatomy Id (FMAID): | 50583 | 
| SET (or ADDED) Contributor: | Augusto v. Agoncillo | 
| SET (or ADDED) Contributor: | Jose Mejino | 
| REASON FOR CHANGE(S): | Initial import from AnatomicalTerms.info 1.0 database, originally extracted and imported from Foundational Model of Anatomy database, 2007. | 
| by: [Change Id: 34838] | |
| NEW Term for this Structure/Concept: | 大脑后动脉 | 
| REASON FOR CHANGE(S): | mass Import of Chinese terms from Excel 20-05-2016 | 
| by: Dr Noel T Boaz, MD. PhD. Prof. Director, Laboratory of Biological Anthropology & Anatomy, United States [Change Id: 474343] | |
| NEW Definition or Description: | A terminal branch of the {basilar artery} that extends to its division into the {posterior communicating artery} and branches that supply the {temporal lobe} and {occipital lobe}. | 
| SET Primary Definition TO: | A terminal branch of the {basilar artery} that extends to its division into the {posterior communicating artery} and branches that supply the {temporal lobe} and {occipital lobe}. | 
| License OF Definition or Description [The terminal branch of the {basilar arte...]: | Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY SA) | 
| SET Singular/Plural TO: | Singular | 
| SET Repetition Pattern TO: | One instance on the left and one instance on the right | 
| SET Left/right specific TO: | Generic (side not specified) | 
| SET Numbered TO: | This concept/structure is NOT numbered | 
| REASON FOR CHANGE(S): | New definition, based on the style and structure of the CAT definition machine (the software used to guide the creation of the definitions) | 
| by: Dr Noel T Boaz, MD. PhD. Prof. Director, Laboratory of Biological Anthropology & Anatomy, United States [Change Id: 474400] | |
| CHANGED Definition or Description [The terminal branch of the {basilar arte...] INTO: | A terminal branch of the {basilar artery} that branches to supply the inferior and posterior {cerebral hemisphere} and terminates in the {calcarine fissure} | 
| by: Dr Noel T Boaz, MD. PhD. Prof. Director, Laboratory of Biological Anthropology & Anatomy, United States [Change Id: 474410] | |
| CHANGED Definition or Description [The terminal branch of the {basilar arte...] INTO: | A terminal branch of the {basilar artery} that supplies the inferior and posterior parts of the {cerebral hemisphere} and terminates in the {calcarine sulcus} | 
| by: ATI Definition Committee, Netherlands [Change Id: 474460] | |
| CHANGED Definition or Description [The terminal branch of the {basilar arte...] INTO: | The terminal branch of the {basilar artery} that terminates in the {calcarine sulcus}. | 
| REASON FOR CHANGE(S): | Modified after discussion with the ATI definition committee. |