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arteries
(encz) | arteries,tepny n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
Arteries
(gcide) | Artery \Ar"ter*y\, n.; pl. Arteries. [L. arteria windpipe,
artery, Gr. ?.]
1. The trachea or windpipe. [Obs.] "Under the artery, or
windpipe, is the mouth of the stomach." --Holland.
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2. (Anat.) One of the vessels or tubes which carry either
venous or arterial blood from the heart. They have tricker
and more muscular walls than veins, and are connected with
them by capillaries.
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Note: In man and other mammals, the arteries which contain
arterialized blood receive it from the left ventricle
of the heart through the aorta. See Aorta. The
pulmonary artery conveys the venous blood from the
right ventricle to the lungs, whence the arterialized
blood is returned through the pulmonary veins.
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3. Hence: Any continuous or ramified channel of
communication; as, arteries of trade or commerce.
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digital arteries
(encz) | digital arteries, n: |
hardening of the arteries
(encz) | hardening of the arteries, n: |
induration of the arteries
(encz) | induration of the arteries, n: |
Arteries
(gcide) | Artery \Ar"ter*y\, n.; pl. Arteries. [L. arteria windpipe,
artery, Gr. ?.]
1. The trachea or windpipe. [Obs.] "Under the artery, or
windpipe, is the mouth of the stomach." --Holland.
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2. (Anat.) One of the vessels or tubes which carry either
venous or arterial blood from the heart. They have tricker
and more muscular walls than veins, and are connected with
them by capillaries.
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Note: In man and other mammals, the arteries which contain
arterialized blood receive it from the left ventricle
of the heart through the aorta. See Aorta. The
pulmonary artery conveys the venous blood from the
right ventricle to the lungs, whence the arterialized
blood is returned through the pulmonary veins.
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3. Hence: Any continuous or ramified channel of
communication; as, arteries of trade or commerce.
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Atrabiliary arteries
(gcide) | Atrabiliary \At`ra*bil"ia*ry\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to atra bilis or black bile, a fluid
formerly supposed to be produced by the kidneys.
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2. Melancholic or hypohondriac; atrabilious; -- from the
supposed predominance of black bile, to the influence of
which the ancients attributed hypochondria, melancholy,
and mania.
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Atrabiliary arteries, capsules, and veins (Anat.),
those pertaining to the kidney; -- called also renal
arteries, capsules, and veins.
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Bronchial arteries
(gcide) | Bronchial \Bron"chi*al\, a. [Cf. F. bronchial. See Bronchia.]
(Anat.)
Belonging to the bronchi and their ramifications in the
lungs.
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Bronchial arteries, branches of the descending aorta,
accompanying the bronchia in all their ramifications.
Bronchial cells, the air cells terminating the bronchia.
Bronchial glands, glands whose functions are unknown,
seated along the bronchia.
Bronchial membrane, the mucous membrane lining the
bronchia.
Bronchial tube, the bronchi, or the bronchia.
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digital arteries
(wn) | digital arteries
n 1: arteries in the hand and foot that supply the fingers and
toes [syn: digital arteries, arteria digitalis] |
hardening of the arteries
(wn) | hardening of the arteries
n 1: sclerosis of the arterial walls [syn: arteriosclerosis,
arterial sclerosis, hardening of the arteries,
induration of the arteries, coronary-artery disease] |
induration of the arteries
(wn) | induration of the arteries
n 1: sclerosis of the arterial walls [syn: arteriosclerosis,
arterial sclerosis, hardening of the arteries,
induration of the arteries, coronary-artery disease] |
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