medial striate artery

me·di·al stri·ate artery

artery arising at or just distal to the anterior communicating artery [TA]; distribution: anterior caudate and putamen and anterior limb of internal capsule. See: distal medial striate artery, proximal medial striate arteries. Synonym(s): arteria striata medialis distalis [TA], distal medial striate artery [TA], arteria recurrens, artery of Heubner, Heubner artery, long central artery, recurrent artery of Heubner, recurrent artery (2)

Heubner,

Johann O.L., German pediatrician, 1843-1926. artery of Heubner - a cerebral artery. Synonym(s): medial striate arteryHeubner arteritis - inflammation of arteries within the circle of Willis secondary to chronic basal meningitis from tubercle bacillus or particular fungi.Heubner-Herter disease - Synonym(s): Gee disease