middle meningeal artery groove |
A narrow groove on the inner table of the calvarium, seen on lateral radiographs as a thin dark line, which may be mistaken for a skull fracture.
See: sulci arteriosi.
(05 Mar 2000) |
circumflex branch of left coronary artery |
<anatomy, artery> Terminal branch (with anterior interventricular artery) of left coronary artery which runs to left and then posteriorly in the coronary groove supplying atrial and ventricular branches.
Synonym: ramus circumflexus arteriae coronariae sinistrae.
(05 Mar 2000) |
middle rectal artery |
<anatomy, artery> Origin, internal iliac; distribution, middle portion of rectum; anastomoses, inferior rectal and superior rectal. Because the latter is a tributary of the portal system, this is a portosystemic or portocaval anastomosis.
Synonym: arteria rectalis media, middle haemorrhoidal artery.
(05 Mar 2000) |
circumflex fibular artery |
<anatomy, artery> The circumflex fibular branch, a branch of the posterior tibial artery which winds around the neck of the fibula and joins the anastomoses around the knee joint.
Synonym: ramus circumflexus fibularis arteriae tibialis posterioris.
(05 Mar 2000) |
middle sacral artery |
<anatomy, artery> Origin, posterior aspect of abdominal aorta just above the bifurcation; distribution, lower lumbar vertebrae, sacrum, and coccyx; anastomoses, lateral sacral, superior and middle rectal.
Synonym: arteria sacralis mediana, middle sacral artery.
(05 Mar 2000) |
circumflex scapular artery |
<anatomy, artery> Origin, subscapular; distribution, muscles of shoulder and scapular region; anastomoses, branches of suprascapular and transverse cervical.
Synonym: arteria circumflexa scapulae.
(05 Mar 2000) |
middle suprarenal artery |
<anatomy, artery> Origin, aorta; distribution, suprarenal gland.
Synonym: arteria suprarenalis media.
(05 Mar 2000) |
middle temporal artery |
<anatomy, artery> Origin, superficial temporal; distribution, temporal fascia and muscle; anastomoses, branches of maxillary.
See: intermediate temporal artery, posterior temporal artery.
Synonym: arteria temporalis media.
(05 Mar 2000) |
clavicular branch of thoracoacromial artery |
<anatomy, artery> Distribution, subclavius muscle and sternoclavicular joint.
Synonym: ramus clavicularis arteriae thoracoacromialis.
(05 Mar 2000) |
cochlear branch of labyrinthine artery |
<anatomy, artery> Terminal branch (with vestibular branch) of labyrinthine artery; it divides into multiple fine branches which penetrate canals of modiolus to supply the plexus of the spiral lamina and basilar membrane.
Synonym: ramus cochlearis arteriae labyrinthi.
(05 Mar 2000) |
coeliac artery |
<anatomy, artery> The arterial trunk that arises from the abdominal aorta and after a short course divides into the left gastric, common hepatic and splenic arteries.
(12 Dec 1998) |
coiled artery of the uterus |
<anatomy, artery> One of the corkscrew-like artery's in premenstrual or progestational endometrium.
Synonym: coiled artery of the uterus.
(05 Mar 2000) |
collateral artery |
<anatomy, artery> One that runs parallel with a nerve or other structure, one through which a collateral circulation is established.
See: articular vascular network.
(05 Mar 2000) |
collateral digital artery |
<anatomy, artery> Terminal branches of the common palmar digital artery that pass to the side of each finger.
Synonym: arteria digitalis palmaris propria, collateral digital artery, digital collateral artery.
(05 Mar 2000) |
common carotid artery |
<anatomy, artery> Origin, right from brachiocephalic, left from arch of aorta; runs upward in the neck and divides opposite upper border of thyroid cartilage (C-4 vertebral level) into terminal branches, external and internal carotid.
Synonym: arteria carotis communis.
(05 Mar 2000) |