💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Brachiocephalic artery"
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| Word | Definition |
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| brachiocephalic trunknoun | Synonym of brachiocephalic artery. |
| brachial arterynoun | (anatomy) The main artery of the upper arm that is a direct continuation of the axillary artery beginning at the inferior border of the teres major muscle, runs along the medial aspect of the upper arm, and divides into the radial and ulnar arteries at the cubital fossa. |
| innominate arterynoun | (anatomy) The brachiocephalic artery. |
| carotidnoun | (anatomy) Either of the two main arteries that supply blood to the head of which the left in humans arises from the arch of the aorta and the right by bifurcation of the brachiocephalic artery with each passing up the side of the neck and dividing opposite the upper border of the thyroid cartilage into an external branch supplying the face, tongue, and external parts of the head and an internal branch supplying the brain, eye, and other internal parts of the head. |
| subclavian arterynoun | (anatomy) A paired artery of the upper thorax which passes beneath the clavicle and mainly supplies the upper limb, and continues as the axillary artery at the lateral border of the first rib. |
| brachiumnoun | (anatomy) The upper arm. |
| axillary arterynoun | (anatomy) An artery that originates as the continuation of the subclavian artery after crossing the first rib to enter the axilla, and becomes the brachial artery upon passing the inferior border of the teres major muscle. |
| cervical arterynoun | (anatomy) Any of the three arteries supplying the neck. |
| brachiocephalic veinnoun | (anatomy) Either of the two large veins that are formed by the confluence of the internal jugular vein and subclavian vein in the root of the neck, and unite to form the superior vena cava. |
| subclavian veinnoun | (anatomy) The main vein conveying blood from the arm or forelimb, which is a continuation of the axillary vein and joins with the internal jugular vein to form the brachiocephalic vein. |
| vertebral arterynoun | (anatomy) A large branch of the subclavian artery that ascends through the foramina in the transverse processes of each of the cervical vertebrae except the last one or two, enters the cranium through the foramen magnum, and unites with the corresponding artery of the opposite side to form the basilar artery. |
| maxillary arterynoun | (anatomy) An artery supplying the deep structures of the face (as the nasal cavities, palate, tonsils, and pharynx) and sending a branch to the meninges of the brain. |
| arteria innominatanoun | (dated, anatomy) The innominate artery or brachiocephalic artery. |
| radial arterynoun | (medicine, human anatomy) The main artery of the lateral aspect of the forearm that is one of the two branches of the brachial artery and enters the wrist on the side of the thumb. |
| splenic arterynoun | (anatomy) The branch of the celiac artery that supplies blood to the spleen and sends branches also to the pancreas and the cardiac end of the stomach. |
| artery of adamkiewicznoun | (anatomy) The largest anterior segmental medullary artery in humans, typically arising from a left posterior intercostal artery, which branches from the aorta and supplies the lower two thirds of the spinal cord via the anterior spinal artery. |
| spinal arterynoun | (anatomy) Any of three arteries that supply the spinal cord and its membranes and adjacent structures. |
| occipital arterynoun | (anatomy) An artery that arises from the external carotid artery opposite to the origin of the facial artery, that passes posteriorly to the base of the skull where it turns upward and ascends within the superficial fascia of the scalp, and that supplies or gives off branches supplying structures and especially muscles of the back of the neck and head. |
| transverse cervical arterynoun | (anatomy) An inconstant branch of the thyrocervical trunk or of the subclavian artery that when present supplies or divides into branches supplying the region at the base of the neck and the muscles of the scapula. |
| antebrachiumnoun | (anatomy) The forearm |
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