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Noun: posterior meningeal artery
  1. Branch of the ascending pharyngeal artery that supplies the dura mater of the posterior cranial fossa
    "The posterior meningeal artery was carefully avoided during the neurosurgical procedure"

Type of: arteria meningea, meningeal artery

Encyclopedia: Posterior meningeal artery