common hepatic artery |
<anatomy, artery> Origin, coeliac; branches, right gastric, gastroduodenal, and proper hepatic.
Synonym: arteria hepatica communis.
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common iliac artery |
<anatomy, artery> One of the two terminal branches of the abdominal aorta; opposite the lumbosacral joint, it bifurcates to form the internal iliac and the external iliac.
Synonym: arteria iliaca communis.
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common interosseous artery |
<anatomy, artery> Origin, ulnar; branches, anterior and posterior interosseous.
Synonym: arteria interossea communis.
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common palmar digital artery |
<anatomy, artery> One of three arteries arising from the superficial palmar arch and running to the interdigital clefts where each divides into two proper palmar digital arteries.
Synonym: arteria digitalis palmaris communis.
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common plantar digital artery |
<anatomy, artery> One of four arteries arising from a superficial plantar arch, when present as a variation. They unite with the plantar metatarsal arteries.
Synonym: arteria digitalis plantaris communis.
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communicating artery |
<anatomy, artery> An artery that connects two larger artery's.
See: anterior communicating artery, posterior communicating artery.
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communicating branch of peroneal artery |
<anatomy, artery> The communicating branch of the peroneal (fibular) artery.
Synonym: ramus communicans arteriae fibularis, ramus communicans arteriae peroneae.
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companion artery to sciatic nerve |
<anatomy, nerve> Origin, inferior gluteal; distribution, sciatic nerve; anastomoses, branches of profunda femoris.
Synonym: arteria comitans nervi ischiadici, companion artery to sciatic nerve.
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plantar metatarsal artery |
<anatomy, artery> One of four branches of the plantar arterial arch that divide into plantar digital arteries to supply the toes.
Synonym: arteria metatarsea plantaris.
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Wilkie's artery |
<anatomy, artery> The right colic artery when it occasionally crosses the duodenum.
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plexus of anterior cerebral artery |
<anatomy, artery> An autonomic plexus accompanying the anterior cerebral artery, derived from the internal carotid plexus.
Synonym: plexus arteriae cerebri anterioris.
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plexus of choroid artery |
<anatomy, artery> An autonomic plexus accompanying the artery of the same name, derived from the internal carotid plexus.
Synonym: plexus arteriae choroideae.
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plexus of middle cerebral artery |
<anatomy, artery> An autonomic plexus accompanying the middle cerebral artery, derived from the internal carotid plexus.
Synonym: plexus arteriae cerebri mediae.
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muscular artery |
<anatomy, artery> An artery with a tunica media composed principally of circularly arranged smooth muscle.
Synonym: distributing artery, medium artery.
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musculophrenic artery |
<anatomy, artery> Origin, the lateral terminal branch of internal thoracic; distribution, diaphragm and intercostal muscles; anastomoses, branches of pericardiacophrenic, inferior phrenic, and posterior intercostal arteries.
Synonym: arteria musculophrenica.
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