| Name: | internal carotid artery |
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| Synonyms: | cranial carotid artery, ICA |
| Definition: | Artery that originates as rostral extensions of the dorsal aorta and travels through the hypophyseal fossa into the cranium. The internal carotid artery splits near the hypothalamus and optic nerve to form caudal and cranial divisions. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0005081] |
| Name: | blood vessel endothelial cell migration |
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| Definition: | The orderly movement of an endothelial cell into the extracellular matrix in order to form new blood vessels during angiogenesis. |
| Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0043534] QuickGO AmiGO |