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posterior cerebral artery

an artery of the brain that arises from the terminal bifurcation of the basilar artery and passes above the oculomotor nerve to curve around the midbrain above the level of the tentorium cerebelli. Its branches supply blood to the region of the third ventricle, including the thalamus and choroid plexus, the occipital lobe and the inferior surface of the temporal lobe, and the lingual, fusiform, and inferior temporal gyri.

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anthropometry

anthropometry

n.

1. the scientific study of how the size and proportions of the human body are affected by such variables as age, sex, and ethnicity.

2. the taking of measurements of the human body for purposes of comparison and study. —anthropometric adj. —anthropometrist n.