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posterior inferior cerebellar artery

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.38 in modern English

Syllables
pos-te-ri-or in-fe-ri-or cere-bel-lar artery
IPA
45
Scrabble Score
33
Letters
9
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An artery that usually branches from the vertebral artery below its junction with the contralateral vertebral artery to form the basilar artery and that supplies much of the medulla oblongata, the inferior portion of the cerebellum, and part of the floor of the fourth ventricle.

Inflected Forms

posterior inferior cerebellar arteries (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

anterior inferior cerebellar artery superior cerebellar artery

Questions

What does posterior inferior cerebellar artery mean?
An artery that usually branches from the vertebral artery below its junction with the contralateral vertebral artery to form the basilar artery and that supplies much of the medulla oblongata, the inferior portion of the cerebellum, and part of the floor of the fourth ventricle.

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