A blockage of the smaller of the two branches of the internal carotid artery.


A blockage of the smaller of the two branches of the internal carotid artery which supplies part of the cerebral hemispheres and part of the frontal lobe. In embolisms the blockage is caused by a blood clot or foreign matter that has been transported from a distant site by the blood stream.


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