artery arising at or just distal to the anterior communicating artery [TA]; distribution: anterior caudate and putamen and anterior limb of internal capsule.distal medial striate artery, proximal medial striate arteries SYN: 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).